form of a vraja-gopi. One can become a vraja-gopi when eleven transcendental sentiments adorn the heart. They are: 1) sambandha (relationship), 2) bayasa (age), 3) nama (name), 4) rupa (form), 5) yutha-pravesa (entrance into a group), 6) vesa (attire), 7) ajna (permission), 8) basasthana (place of residence), 9) seva (service), 10) parakastha (excellence), 11) palyadasi-bhava (the mood of a kept maidservant of Krsna). The devotee may be in any worldly form, but he must cultivate these eleven sentiments and perform bhajana properly.

Five stages of consciousness in bhava-sadhana

"While cultivating these eleven gopi sentiments, five stages of consciousness develop. They are 1) sravana-dasa (the stage of hearing), 2) varna-dasa (the stage of acceptance), 3) smarana-dasa (the stage of remembering), 4) apana-dasa (stage of application), and 5) sampatti-dasa (stage of inheritance). Srila Ramananda Raya says [as quoted in Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 8.220-222],

"One who is attracted by the ecstatic love of the gopis does not care about the regulative principles of Vedic life or popular opinion. Rather, he completely surrenders unto Krsna and renders service unto Him. In this liberated stage the devotee is attracted by one of the humors (rasas) in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. As he continues to serve the Lord in that mood, he attains a spiritual body to serve Krsna in Goloka Vrndavana.'

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"So saying, Srila Ramananda Raya instructs us to first attain the form and mood of a vraja-gopi in order to obtain service in the conjugal mood.

"When a sadhaka devotee, having heard about Lord Krsna's pastimes, is attracted to the conjugal mellow, he should take further instruction on rasa from a realized, saintly spiritual master. This is called the stage of hearing or sravana-dasa. When the sadhaka devotee anxiously, and eagerly accepts the conjugal mellow, varana-dasa commences. Then, by pure remembrance of the sentiments of rasa, he desires to practice them; he then reaches the third stage, smarana-dasa. When he is able to perfectly invoke these sentiments of rasa, he attains anana-dasa or