Raganuga Bhakti and Vidhi Bhakti



"There are two ways to the attainment
Of the highest end of Prema, Love Divine :
One is the path of a normal, natural attachment for the Lord
Without any forced attempt upon the seekers part ;
The second is the path of regulated course of practices
According to the dictates of the Scriptures.
The former is called Raga, the latter is known as Vidhi.
Raganuga-Bhakti is the profound attachment
That arises from a strong desire to love and serve Krishna,
While Bhakti that is practised on the basis of a
faith unshaken,
Regulated by the Scriptures, is called Vidhi."

Tridandi Swami B.H. Bon

in "The Geeta as a Chaitanyite reads it",
Chapter 12 "Unalloyed Devotion", published in 1938.

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Pranam to Swami Bon

"I make my obeisances with deep and loving devotion for ever and ever to my Gurudev, who is known by the name of Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon, who being attracted by the lotus-feet of Radha-Madhab is for ever and ever immersed in the perennial stream of supramundane joy emanating therefrom.

I bow down again and again with loving devotion to my Gurudev who is a wandering Tridandi mendicant and erudite Vaishnava (who) is always following in the wake of Sri Rupa; I make my obeisances in all humility, at all times with sincere loving devotion to my Gurudev who resides happily in the
Kunja (bower) allotted to him by Shrimati Radhika, the dearest Divine Consort of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna who is Rasa epitomized, who has taken to the way of Bhakti in consonace with the teachings of Sri Chaitanya - nay, whose whole pattern of life is moulded on the teachings and precepts of Sri Chaitanya."