Editing Bhakti (section)

=== Bhavas ===
Traditional Hinduism speaks of five different ''[[bhava#In bhakti traditions|bhāvas]]'' or "[[affective]] essences".<ref>{{cite book|last=Spivak|first=Gayatri Chakravorty | author-link=Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak|title=Other Asias|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|date=December 28, 2007|page=197}}</ref> In this sense, ''bhāvas'' are different attitudes that a devotee takes according to his individual temperament to express his devotion towards God in some form.<ref name="Akhilananda_180" /> The different ''bhāvas'' are:
# ''śānta'', placid love for God;
# ''dāsya'', the attitude of a servant;
# ''sakhya'', the attitude of a friend;
# ''vātsalya'', the attitude of a mother towards her child;
# ''madhurya'', the attitude of a woman towards her lover.<ref name="Akhilananda_180">{{cite book  | last = Allport  | first =  Gordon W.  |author2=Swami [[Akhilananda]]  | title = Hindu Psychology  | chapter =  Its meaning for the West  | publisher = Routledge  | year = 1999  | page = [https://books.google.com/books?id=aANjt2mn27MC&pg=PA180 180]}}</ref>

Several saints are known to have practiced these ''bhavas''. The nineteenth century mystic, [[Ramakrishna]] is said to have practiced these five ''bhavas''.<ref name="isherwood-111">{{cite book|last=Isherwood|first=Christopher|title=Ramakrishna and his disciples|publisher=Vedanta Press|year=1980|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6qVMrumO-g0C&pg=PA111 111–112]|isbn=978-0-87481-037-0}}</ref> The attitude of [[Hanuman]] towards the god [[Rama]] is considered to be of ''dasya bhava''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarma|first=Subrahmanya |title=Essence of Hinduism|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|year=1971|page=68}}</ref> The approach of [[Arjuna]] and the cowherd boys of [[Vrindavan]] with the god [[Krishna]] is regarded as ''sakhya bhava''.<ref name="isherwood-111" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Hari Dutt |title=Glory of Spiritual India|publisher=Pustak Mahal|year=1999|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=KQFOCy7DpQ0C&pg=PA95 95–96]|isbn=978-81-223-0439-8}}</ref> [[Radha]]'s love towards Krishna is ''madhurya bhava''.<ref name="isherwood-111" /> The attitude of Krishna's foster-mother [[Yashoda]] towards him exemplifies ''vatsalya bhava''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Devanand|first=G.K.|title=Teaching of Yoga|publisher=APH Publishing|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=L3mBLHWxgPsC&pg=PA74 74]}}</ref> The ''[[Chaitanya Charitamrita]]'' mentions that [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Chaitanya]] came to distribute the four spiritual sentiments of Vraja loka: dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, and [[sringara]]. Sringara is the relationship of the intimate love.