Guest guest Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Namaste all. hari anurAga virAga jaga apuhim Apu na hoya, mana te bhajana kiye binA bhakti na pAve koya! Detachment from the world and devotion to Lord Hari do not happen automatically ! Without the involvement of one's mind in worship and prayer no one can attain pure devotion. - Bhakti Shatak 14 Among the two kinds of devotional practice, one being 'anAsanga bhakti'- done simply with external sense organs without putting mind and heart into it and the other being 'sAsanga bhakti' done with all senses together with mind. Sasanga Bhakti alone is superior ! Sri Kripaluji Maharaj has been stressing the extreme importance of 'Smarana', affectionate remembrance of the Lord in devotional practice, in 'sadhana bhakti'. He often recites these beautiful verses from scriptures to stregthen the true understanding of its importance. SB 1.2.14 tasmAd ekena manasA bhagavAn sAtvatAM patiH zrotavyaH kIrtitavyaz ca dhyeyaH pUjyaz ca nityadA Therefore, with one-pointed attention of mind, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Supreme Lord Who is the Beloved of saintly devotees. tasmAt sarvAtmanA rAjan hariH sarvatra sarvadA zrotavyaH kIrtitavyaz ca smartavyo bhagavAn nRNAm SB 2.2.36: O King, it is therefore essential that every human being with all his heart and soul hear about, glorify and remember the Supreme Lord Hari always and everywhere. Gauranga Mahaprabhu Himself mentioned about smarana in the second verse of 'Sikshashtaka'- nAmnAmakAri bahudhA nija sarva sakti statrArpita niyamitaH smaraNe na kAlaH yetAdRzI tava kRpA bhagavan mamApi durdaivamI dRzam ihAjani nAnurAgaH Mahaprabhu wanted us not only to do chanting, but remembrance also and there are no limitations of time and place for the remembrance! Just as Lord Krishna said in Gita - 8.7 tasmAt sarveSu kAleSu mAm anusmara yudhya ca mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mAm evaiSyasy asaMzayaH Therefore, Arjuna, you should always remember Me while carrying out your activity of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence surrendered to Me, you will attain Me without doubt. bandhana aur mokSa kA kAraNa mana him bakhAn, yAte kaunihu bhakti karu karu "mana" te hari dhyAn The mind alone is the cause of all bondage and Liberation! Therefore, the involvement of mind in Divine contemplation is absolutely necessary for whatever process of devotion one practices !! One should perform all devotional practice with body and senses engaging the heart and mind in remembering the Lord. - Bhakti Shatak 19 Sri Kripaluji Maharaj Jaya Sri Radhey! , pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: > I'd like to share a few Hindi verses with my translation from - > "Bhakti Shatak" - "One Hundred Gems of Divine Love" > by Jagadguru Sri Rama Kripalu Maharaj Ji. > > Music lovers can also listen to these sublime devotional verses > set in soul-stirring melodious music. > Please click on 'Bhakti Shatak' at the web page URL: > > http://www.jkp.org/home/home.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Namaste. Here is an interesing verse to reflect upon: mana mAyA te hI banyo, mAyA te sansAra, yAte mana bhAvata sadA yaha sansAra asAra! ' The mind has been created by Maya and the material world is also a visible product of Maya! Therefore, the mind has spontaneous affinity to the material world! So always reflect upon this fact and realize the material world is devoid of spiritual essence. - Bhakti Shatak, 36 These philosophical facts are also revealed in the verses of Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam. yad idaM manasA vAcA cakSurbhyAM zravaNAdibhiH nazvaraM gRhyamANaM ca viddhi mAyA-mano-mayaM SB 11.7.7 Lord Krishna said : My dear Uddhava, the entire universe that you perceive through your mind, speech, eyes, ears and other senses is an illusory creation that one accepts to be real due to the influence of maya. In fact, you should know that all of the objects of the material world are temporary and unreal, and the mind is pervaded by the illusion of Maya. naitad vastutayA pazyed dRzyamAnaM vinaSyati asakta-citto viramed ihAmutra-cikIrSitAt yad etad Atmani jagan mano-vAk-prANa-saMhatam sarvaM mAyeti tarkeNa sva-sthas tyaktvA na tat smaret SB 11.18. 26, 27 One should never see as real the material objects and subjects which obviously will perish. With heart and mind free from attachment to unreal, one should retire from all activities meant for temporary results in this life and the next. One should logically consider the material universe which appears to be existing for the spirit soul, and one's own material body composed of mind, speech and life-breath, to be ultimately products of the Lord's illusory power. Being situated in one's own spirit self, one should give up these material things and one should never think of nor even remember them. Whatever power, beauty, fame, opulence, humility, renunciation, sacredness, pleasure, fortune, strength, tolerance or wisdom there may be, is simply an expansion of My great power of Maya. I have briefly described to you all great material features of My creation, which are perceived by each individual material mind and expressed in different ways according to its own perversions, as the mind itself is Mayic and not spiritual. 11.16. 40, 41 manaH sRjati vai dehAn guNAn karmANi cAtmanaH tan manaH sRjate mAyA tato jIvasya saMsRtiH The different material bodies, good or bad qualities and pious or impious desires as well as activities of the spirit soul are all created by the material mind. That mind itself is created by the illusory power of the Supreme Lord, and thus the soul assumes unreal material existence. SB 12.5.6 Bhagavad Gita 7.4: Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego -- all together these eight constitute My separated material energies. Bhagavad Gita 7.5: Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are utilizing the resources of this material, inferior nature. mana eva manuSyANAM karaNaM bandha mokshayaH - Pancadazi, Sri Vidyaranya Swami Mind alone is the cause of bondage and liberation. Bhagavatam also says: cetaH khalvasya bandhAya muktaye cAtmano matam, guNeSu saktaM bandhAya rataM vA puMsi muktaye Bhagavatam 3.25.15 The stage in which the consciousness of the living being is attached by the three modes of material nature is called conditional life. But when that same consciousness is attached to the Supreme Person, the living being is free in liberation. A few quotes from 'Viveka Chudamani' in this regard: There is no such thing as ignorance beyond the thinking mind. Thought is itself ignorance, the cause of the bondage of becoming. When thought is eliminated, everything else is eliminated. When thought increases everything else increases. 169 In deep sleep when the thinking mind has gone into abeyance there is nothing, by every one's experience, so man's Samsara is a mind creation, and has no real existence. 171 Cloud is gathered by the wind, and is driven away by it too. Bondage is imagined by the mind, and liberation is imagined by it too. 172 By dwelling with desire on the body and other senses the mind binds a man like an animal with a rope, and the same mind liberates him from the bond by creating simple distaste for the senses as if they were poison. 173 - Viveka Chudamani - Jagadguri Sri Adi Shankara Acarya ------------ These sublime devotional verses of 'Bhakti Shatak' are set in soul-stirring melodious music. To enjoy listening to them, click on 'Bhakti Shatak' at the web page URL: http://www.jkp.org/home/home.html Jaya Sri Radhey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Namaste all. sabai zakti hai nAmame man! nizidin ArAdh, pai zakti na lAbh tin kiye nAma aparAdh. - Bhakti Satak. 18 "O mind! Day and night constantly chant the Names of the Lord, as His Name contains all His transcendental powers. But remember, one who commits an offense against the Names cannot derive any benefit from these powers." There are ten 'Nama-aparadha', offenses against the Divine Name. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had composed this verse - nAmnAm akAri bahudhA nija sarva zaktis tatrArpitA niyamitaH smaraNena kAlaH etAdRzI tava kRpA, bhagavan mamApi durdaiva mI dRzamihA' jani nAnurAgaH Lord Caitanya, knowing the misfortunes of the jivas of Kaliyuga, gave Krishna-Prema through His Names. He says there is no difference between the Lord's Names and Himself. Nama is 'Akaari', the Divine form also, with all the powers of Lord being invested in His Name. But only the devotee, whose faith is hundred per cent can experience this truth of Divine Name. Actually, Lord is very kind and He made this provision for devotees to associate with Himself through His Names. But the worldly people have no desire for the Lord nor for His Name. That is their greatest misfortune. The most important Namaparadhas are to think that Names of the Lord and the Lord Himself are to be different and having no faith in the transcendental power of Divine Names. When this offense is committed how can the sadhak (seeker) derive the Blissful experience of the Divine Name? Of course, faith of devotees is of different degrees. The more one believes in the 'one-ness of the Name and the Naami', the more 'lAbha' of spiritual benefit and blissful realization for one. Otherwise not much peace nor joy is achieved by the seekers. Purification of the 'antahkarana' consisting of mind, heart, intellect and ego can only be done through Prema Bhakti, Divine Love. "zuddhayati nAntarAtmA kRSNa padAmbhoja bhaktimRute"- ('Prabodha Sudhakar'- Jagadguru Sri Sankaracarya) The 'antaratma' (heart, mind, intellect and ego) cannot be completely purified without Sri Krishna Bhakti, loving devotion to Lord Krishna. All other external methods and rituals of purfication are simply a waste. Lord Krishna has also proclaimed this in Bhagavatam 11.14.21 & 22.: "Only by practicing Divine Love with full faith in Me can one attain Me, the Supreme Lord. I am naturally dear to My devotees, who take Me as the only goal of their loving devotion. By engaging in such pure devotion, even the dog-eaters can purify themselves from their sinful nature. Neither religious practice endowed with truthfulness and kindness nor subtle knowledge obtained through great penance can completely purify one's consciousness if they are bereft of loving devotion to Me." So lovingly chanting the Names of the Lord remembering the Divine Beloved will purify the inner conscience of the aspirants. In relation to the verse of Bhakti Shatak. 18. I like to remind a few more sublime verses from Srimad Bhagavatam glorifying Divine Love Devotion and Nama Sankirtana of the Lord: na hyato 'nyaH zivaH panthA vizataH saMsRtAviha vAsudeve bhagavati bhakti yogo yato bhavet "For him who has fallen into the whirlpool of transmigration there is no other blessed path other than that which makes for devotion to Lord Vaasudeva." SB 2.2.33 bhagavAn brahma kAtsnaryena triran vIkSya manISayA tadadhyavasyAt kUTastho ratir Atman yato bhavet "Having critically studied Vedas with concentrated mind thrice over, Lord Brahma concluded by force of reason that alone to be the highest virtue, by which one is able to develop exclusive devotion to Sri Krishna, the Self of the Universe." 2.2.34 bhagavAn sarva bhUteSu lakSitaH svAtmanA hariH dRzyair buddhyAdibhir draSTA lakSaNaignumApakaiH "Lord Sri Hari alone is seen abiding in ALL animate and inanimate beings as their very self; for the intellect and pther phenomenal objects are adjuncts that lead us to infer the existence of the Lord, Who is the All-witnessing seer." SB 2.2.35 tasmAt sarvAtmanA rAjan hariH sarvatra sarvadA zrotavyaH kIrtitavyaz ca smartavyo bhagavAn nRNAm "Therefore, O king, men should always and under ALL circumstances with their whole being listen to, recite and reflect in their mind the stories of Lord Sri Hari alone." SB 2.2.36 pibanti ye bhagavata AtmanaH satAM kathAmRtaM zravaNapuTeSu sambhRtam punanti te viSaya vidUSitAzayaM vrajanti taccaraNa saroruhAntikam "They who drink in the Nectar-like stories of the Lord, the Soul of the universe, poured into the cups of their ears by Holy men, are able to purify their heart, which has been contaminated through contact with the pleasures of senses, and attain proximity to His lotus feet." SB 2.2.37 (Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Chap. 2, verses 33-37) ------------ To listen to these sublime devotional verses set in soul-stirring melodious music, please click on 'Bhakti Shatak' at the web page URL given below: http://www.jkp.org/home/home.html Jaya Sri Radhey! , pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: > hari anurAga virAga jaga apuhim Apu na hoya, > mana te bhajana kiye binA bhakti na pAve koya! > > Detachment from the world and devotion > to Lord Hari do not happen automatically ! > Without the involvement of one's mind in worship > and prayer no one can attain pure devotion. > > - Bhakti Shatak 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Namaste. 'jimi ho zIta nivRtta tina, jina dig agni sidhAr timi ho kRpA tinahi jina, mana jAye hari dwAr' - Bhakti Satak. 30 Sri Kripaluji Maharaj Just as one begins to experiences the warmth and heat as soon as one reaches near the burning fire, similarly, when the mind and heart of the sincere seeker approach the proximity of all merciful Lord, reaching the doorway of blissful Lord ('Hari dwaar'), he/she immediately experiences His causeless Grace. As said in scriptures, Lord's Grace is by nature Causeless. Why only certain souls are capable of benefiting from His Grace? The nature of fire is only to give heat and warmth. The fire does not have any cause or reason for spontaneously giving out its heat. The fire does not ask the shivering bodies to pay any price in return for giving out its heat spontaneously. But people wo have distanced themselves cannot derive this benefit of heat from the burning fire. The fire 'equally' distributes its heat to good and bad persons, does not discriminate depending on any of their merits or faults. That is known as causelessness. Just as heat can be only received by the bodies approaching closer to fire, to receive Lord's Grace one has to let one's mind and heart approach Him in humble surrender. One has to open the sail so that ever blowing wind can take the boat to the shore. One has to open wide the windows and let the bright sunshine in. So also one has to open up one's heart to the Lord, and Divine Grace rushes through. Actually the meaning of 'upAsana'- (upa+ As+ lyuc) coming close. When one who possesses a great amount of treaured wealth, one gives out to the poor and needy in charity, the act itself is called- kripa, Grace. Jaya Sri Radhey! , pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: > I'd like to share a few Hindi verses with my translation from - > "Bhakti Shatak" - "One Hundred Gems of Divine Love" > by Jagadguru Sri Rama Kripalu Maharaj Ji. > > Music lovers can also listen to these sublime devotional verses > set in soul-stirring melodious music. > Please click on 'Bhakti Shatak' at the web page URL: > > http://www.jkp.org/home/home.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Namaste all. jaga viraag ho titanoyee, jitanoyee hari anuraag! taba ho hari anuraag jaba, guru charanan mana laag!! - Bhakti Shatak. 12, Jagadguru Sri Kripaluji Maharaj Hindi translation: vaastavika guru ki sharanagati se hee Sri Krishna me anuraag utpanna hotaa hai. Jitani maatraa me yah anuraag hotaa hai utni hee maatraa me sansaar se vairaagya bhi hotaa hai. When the seeker comes to receive the benefit of blessed association of Holy men, then only true Love for God dawns through the Divine Grace of the Rasik Saint. By taking full refuge at the lotus feet of God-realized genuine Master, the aspirant gradually experiences Divine love. The degree of seeker's detachment from the material world is directly proportional to the intensity of her or his attachment for Sri Guru and the Lord. Other scriptures have also endorsed these well known facts. bhaktis tu bhagavad bhaktaH saGgena parijAyate sat-saGga jAyate puMbhir sukRtaiH pUrva saJcitaiH (Naradiya Purana) "Bhakti is born from the association of the devotees of the Lord, and people obtain such saintly association as the result of previously accumulated piety." svacchaH prakRtitaH snigdho mAdhuryas tIrthabhUr nRNAm, muniH punAtyapAM mitram IkSopasparza kIrtanaiH." "O King, a saintly person is just like the freely flowing sweet spring water (which is capable of washing away the impurities) because he himself is free from all contamination, gentle by nature, and by pleasant speech creates a divine vibration like that of the flowing sacred waters. Just by seeing, touching or hearing such a God-realized saintly person, the living entity is purified, just as one is cleansed by contact with pure water. Thus a saintly person, just like a holy lake, purifies all those who come in physical, mental as well as spiritual contact with him because he is always absorbed only in chanting the glories of the Lord." (Srimad-Bhagavatam- 11.7.44) A few more verses from 'Sri Rama Carita Manas'- by Sant Tulasi das: candana taru hari santa samIrA rAma sindhu ghana sajjana dhIrA Lord Hari is the exotic tree of sandalwood. Like the wind, the Saints carry its fragrance. Lord Rama is the magnificent, unfathomable ocean. God-realized Saints are the wandering thick clouds bringing cool and fresh raindrops to your doorstep. kabahumka kari karunaa naradehee deta eesa binu hetu sanehee nara tanu bhava vaaridhi kahum bero sanmukha maruta anugraha mero karanadhaar sadguru dhriDha naavaa durlabha saaju sulabha kari paavaa Sometimes God out of His Mercy and without any reason for the affection bestows on him a human body, a raft to carry him across the ocean of mundane existence, with My (Divine) Grace for a favourable wind and a worthy Saint, Realized Preceptor for a helmsman to steer the course of this strong boat- a combination of which, though hard to win, has been made easily available to him.' bhakti swatantra sakala sukha khaanee binu satasanga na paavahim praanee Divine Love (Bhakti) is independent and a mine of every Blessing! But men cannot attain without the fellowship of Rasik Saints. Saints for their part are inaccessible without a stock of meritorious deeds; it is their fellowship in any case that brings to an end the cycle of births and deaths. There is only one deed of merit in the world and no other- to adore the feet of the God-men (Saints) in thought, word and deed. Heavenly gods and sages are propitious to him who with unfeigned devotion serves the God-realized Saints.' bhagati taata anupama sukha moolaa milayi jo santa hohim anukoolaa Devotion, dear brother, is incomparable and the very source of Bliss, but it can only be obtained by favor of the virtuous Rasik Saints. santa charana pankaja ati premaa manakrama bachana bhajana driDha nemaa gurupitu maatu bandhu pati devaa saba mohi kahamjaanai driDha sevaa Who is deeply enamoured of the lotus feet of the Holy Rasik Saints and who follows with dedication and commitment in thought, word and deed recognizing none but Me as his Guru, Father, Mother, Brother, Spouse, God and All, becomes steadfast in My Service. rahu gaNai tat tapasA na yAti na cejyayA nirvapaNAd gRhAd vA na cchaMdasA naiva jalAgni sUryair vinA mahatpAda rajobhiSekaM - Srimad Bhagavatam 5.12.12 Jada Bharata declares to King Rahugana, "O Rahugana, one does not attain this- Divine state of Self-realization, through asceticism nor through Vedic rituals, nor again by dealing out food and other necessaries among the needy, nor by duly performing one's religious duties pertainig to household life, nor through a proper study of Vedic scriptures, nor through the worship of gods presiding over water, fire and sun, nor by any other means, except by sprinkling one's body and mind with the foot dust of God-realzed saints." Shri Krishna has said that if you love heavenly Gods you will go to heaven, if you love demons you will go to the abode of demons and if you love Me you will attain Me. Just think of what you want and attach your mind in that area. In the matter of heavenly gods, there is tremendous amount of rules but in the matter of God and Guru, there is no intelligence required. Just surrender to them with child like innocence. Other than selfless love there is no other rule. Jaya Sri Radhey! , pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: > Just as one begins to experiences the warmth and heat as soon as > one reaches near the burning fire, similarly, when the mind and > heart of the sincere seeker approach the proximity of all merciful > Lord, > reaching the doorway of blissful Lord ('Hari dwaar'), he/she > immediately experiences His causeless Grace. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Namaste all. vandanIya hai upaniSat, yAme jnAn mahAn, zyAma prema binu jnAn so,prANa hIna tanu jAn. - Bhakti Sataka, verse 88 "Upanishads are esteemed because they contain immense Divine knowledge. But this knowledge doesnot produce nor increase one's Love for Sri Krishna. Hence such knowledge is compared to an unconscious body without life and motion! The author of 'Brahma Sutra' and Puranas, Bhagavan Sri Veda Vyasa said the same in Padyavali. 39th verse: zrutamapya upaniSadaM dUre hari kathAmRtAt yanna saMti dravacitta kaMpAzru pulakAdayaH It is in the best interest of the devotees who are eager to attain the 'Prema Bhakti' that they should remain at a distance to the dry subtle knowledge given in the esteemed Upanishads, even though it is pertaining to God, the absolute Brahman. The reason being, that those Scriptural statements are incapable of melting the heart of the seeker by producing the 'Sattvica Bhava Vikara', the enjoyable Divine Love expessions such as tears, tremors, faltering voice, horripilation, sweating, trance and others, as they do not contain the nectar of Hari Katha, the sweet blissful pastimes of Lord Hari. ---------- Another verse from 'Bhakti Shatak' of Sri Kripaluji Maharaj: The real essence of all philosophical doctrines and true wisdom as well as ultimate knowledge derived from all scriptures is Divine Love, wholeheated adoration and total surrender to the Supreme, Lord Krishna, and meditation upon His Divine Form. The perfection of all spiritual discipline is an ever increasing desire to serve Him, the universal Divine Beloved, endlessly. - Bhakti Shatak verse. 74 Jaya Sri Radhey! Music lovers can also listen to these sublime devotional verses set in soul-stirring melodious music. Please click on 'Bhakti Shatak' at the web page URL: http://www.jkp.org/home/home.html , pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: > Namaste. Happy Guru vaar to all! > > I'd like to share a few Hindi verses with my translation from - > "Bhakti Shatak" - "One Hundred Gems of Divine Love" > by Jagadguru Sri Rama Kripalu Maharaj Ji. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 dear friend Lord Krishna preached Bhagavat Gita when Arjuna craved at His feet for the divine knowledge. Do you think expression of love in words and feelings by mind pleases Lord Krishna? If that would have been the case, why did He preach Gita consisting of 18 chapters? Throught Gita, lord stressed on Nishkama Karma Yoga. Nishkama means worshipping Lord without any desire. Karma Yoga as stressed in Gita means Service. Service consists of Karma Phala Tyaga (donating money for Lord's mission) and Karma Sanyasa (physically participating in His mission). Gita says 'Karma Yogena Yoginaam........' His mission is to uplift all the human beings by preaching the divine knowledge. Hence for the divine knowledge propagation He comes down in human form. We have to identify such Lord in human form by His divine knowledge (not by miracles because some demons also have shown miracles but sofar nobody has preached divine knowledge other than Lord in human form) and Serve Him here itself for getting Liberation. We have to identify the true path and travel in that direction even a few steps, instead of running miles and miles away from the goal (which is nothing but pleasing the Lord). Until and unless true meaning of Gita is enquired and practiced in their own life, the author of Gita, Lord Krishna will never be pleased. Even in the worldly affairs also, Will any father please with his son if his son does not follow any of his words? Likewise Lord comes down to preach the divine knowledge and uplift the people like Krishna. If we do not listen to him nor follow His words, then how will he be pleased with us? Lord is father of all the individual souls. ' ...Aham Bija pradah...' If Lord is not pleased, Radha will also not be pleased, because her devotion on Lord is so much that whatever pleases Lord only pleases her. Divine knowledge is for practicing and then only results flow automatically. Whatever articles posted by me are all essence of Lord Krishna's preachings. Ofcourse true knowledge will be very harsh and that is why Lord told that one in lakhs only reaches Him. To be under the illusion that Lord is pleased with me without knowing the true knowledge is 'Cutting the foot to the size of shoe'. So let us know the TRUTH and accept in the first phase. Implementation comes later. Teacher's Job ends after the preaching. It is left to devotee's discretion to follow it or not. Lord is also not bothered whether we follow or not? The propagation of divine knowledge should be carried out under the guidance of a Spiritual teacher (Satguru), who is nothing but Lord Himself. This is the most pious job. Divine knowledge means the knowledge required for the identification of lord when comes in Human form. Human beings interpretations cannot be accepted. Satguru can only assess how much the disciple has assimilated His preachings. Rama Krishna Paramahamsa told that such a divine knowledge should be learnt from a Satguru by serving Him. As per the order of Satguru only a disciple can participate in the propagation of divine knowledge. Propagation of false or misleading knowledge is a sin. Because, anybody who is a sincere seeker will get diverted or misled and finally he will not get the grace of Lord. Reading & understanding the scriptures on our own is very difficult. These scriptures are nothing but the word of Lord only. So when He comes in Human form, why can't we avail Him and serve Him practically? Why to unnecessarily struggle ourselves in understanding what is written in scriptures like Bible, Gita, Khuran etc. Until unless mind is convinced with true spiritual knowledge, it is difficult to practice. Divine knowledge is to be practiced to get the grace of Lord and is not meant for teaching only or for discussions only. at the lotus feet of shri datta swami surya pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: Namaste all. vandanIya hai upaniSat, yAme jnAn mahAn, zyAma prema binu jnAn so,prANa hIna tanu jAn. - Bhakti Sataka, verse 88 "Upanishads are esteemed because they contain immense Divine knowledge. But this knowledge doesnot produce nor increase one's Love for Sri Krishna. Hence such knowledge is compared to an unconscious body without life and motion! The author of 'Brahma Sutra' and Puranas, Bhagavan Sri Veda Vyasa said the same in Padyavali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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