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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{more footnotes|date=May 2019}}<br /> The word &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;abhidhéya&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&quot; is a [[Sanskrit]] [[Terminology|term]] which, along with &#039;&#039;[[sambandham]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[prayojana]]&#039;&#039;, is one of the three fundamental concepts of [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]. It denotes a means of achieving the ultimate goal, [[Bhakti Yoga|dedicated ministry]] in the stage of practice &#039;&#039;[[Sadhana|Sadhana-Bhakti]]&#039;&#039;. &#039;&#039;Abhidheya&#039;&#039; is what a person must develop to achieve the ultimate goal&amp;mdash;&#039;&#039;[[Prem (Hinduism)|prem]]&#039;&#039;, or pure love of [[Krishna]], which is considered the highest achievement of the &#039;&#039;[[prayojana]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> The concepts &#039;&#039;sambandha&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;abhidheya&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;prayojana&#039;&#039; are explained in the works of theologians such as [[Rupa Goswami]] and [[Raghunatha dasa Goswami]]. &#039;&#039;Abhidheya&#039;&#039; is a &#039;&#039;[[Sadhana]]&#039;&#039;, a spiritual practice performed by a man after he realized the &#039;&#039;sambandhu&#039;&#039; - the original relationship with [[Krishna]]. &#039;&#039;Abhideya&#039;&#039; is an activity aimed at meeting Krishna, pure, selfless service to Krishna, which is a means of understanding the eternal relationship of love between Krishna and the smallest &#039;&#039;jiva&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> The eternal relationship &#039;&#039;[[jiva]]&#039;&#039; with Krishna is described in Vedic literature. Information on these relationships is called &#039;&#039;sambandha&#039;&#039;. Understanding these relationships and the subsequent effect on the basis of this understanding is called &#039;&#039;Abhidheya&#039;&#039;. Reaching &#039;&#039;Prem&#039;&#039;, or pure love of [[Krishna]] and returning to [[Goloka|the spiritual world]], the society of Krishna and its satellites, is the ultimate goal of life, which is called &#039;&#039;prayojana&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * {{Citation<br /> | last=Rosen | first= Steven J.<br /> | authorlink=Steven J. Rosen<br /> | year=1994<br /> | title=Vaisnavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition<br /> | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.<br /> | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IrQkw5x2o4C<br /> | isbn= 81-208-1235-2<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091004144519/http://vedabase.net/a/abhidheya Abhidheya in «Chaitanya-charitamrita»]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]</div>

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