In a Vaishnava journal i found a nice interesting interview done by Satyaraja das (Steven Rosen) with David L. Haberman. Does anyone know him ( Haberman, of course), maybe even personally?
Passage:
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"Dr. Haberman: It could be due to my own lack of understanding or researching the materials between the time of Visvanatha Cakravarti and the present day, but I don't really see significant changes in texts that are written about the particular practice of manjari sadhana after the time of Visvanätha. One of the best texts that lays out what lila-smarana meditation is today, in terms of the actual theory, is a text that was written by Kunja-bihari dasa Babaji, who is a resident of Radha-kunda. The text that he wrote is entitled Manjari Svarupa-nirupana.
SR: Oh, I know that text. It has been partially translated from the Bengali by my friend Jan Brzezinski.
Dr. Haberman: I don't think one could find a better example of what manjari sadhana, raganuga bhakti, lila-smarana—whatever aspect—is really like today. Again, he focuses particularly on the practice as developed in Vraja, and the most important place for the practice of lila-smarana meditation or manjari sädhana meditation today is indeed Radha-kunda. In Radha-kunda. . ."
SR: Oh, I know that text. It has been partially translated from the Bengali by my friend Jan Brzezinski.
Dr. Haberman: I don't think one could find a better example of what manjari sadhana, raganuga bhakti, lila-smarana—whatever aspect—is really like today. Again, he focuses particularly on the practice as developed in Vraja, and the most important place for the practice of lila-smarana meditation or manjari sädhana meditation today is indeed Radha-kunda. In Radha-kunda. . ."
Tarunji
