Bhakti vikArAs

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pUjya SrI gaNapathyji,

 

crying, laughing, rolling on the ground etc., vikArAs

need not be accepted as the symptoms of Bhakti. Any real sAdhaka`s mind

should always be very calm and tranquil without any agitation and without

loosing ones self possession. That Bakti BhAva may be common in the

devotees of chaitanya cult, but not for SrIvidya upAsaakAs.

 

" samudrAd arNavAd adhi samvatharO~jAyata "

samudra means having stillness without any disturbence by any waves of

wind.

This is Siva avastha

" arNava " means the agitated ocean with full of heavy waves..This has occured

when the first throb of " ah " in the Siva avastha (aham), Then the wole of

the false universe manifested along with the time in the form of day and

night differentiation, sun, moon, dhAtA etc., etc., This is all Sakti

avastha. Sakti is after all " Siva gnAna pradAyini " . Our ultimate goal is

to acheive that Siva avastha.

 

Tanmaya avastha is to remain ourselves of the deity (not one with

deity).

The vikArAs of laughing, weeping etc., will appear only when one looks at

the deity as different from him. One will not have any feelings when he

looks his own image in a mirror.

But vikArAs arise only when he looks the image of another person only. We

dont want

that type of different image and any such vikArAs. We remain as we are. We

dont find any abnormality even when the fire flames downwards or moon

becoming hot or the sun becoming cold. We dont want the deity to put us in

surprises and BhrAntis showing us her or his mahat (greatness), but be

inside of us and do any thing what will be good for us.

The mahat of god is only for those who believe god is greater than us. But

we cant bear if god is a liittle bit greater than us, as we could not reach

that part of him; and also if he is a little bit smaller to us because that

extra part without him in us will become unbearable. We strongly believe

that after all the mantra, the dEvata, and even the guru are only the

extensions of myself and not different at all. Any of these should not be

greater or lesser to me.

 

My gurunatha used to reject any further initiation for those who

exibit any such vikArAs like 'tanmayam' or weeping, laughing etc.while

taking any mantra initiation. He was saying that they are all symptoms of

Hysteria and mental and nervous weakness.

and such weak minded persons do not deserve SrIvidya initiation.at all.

Srividya is not for every tom and dick. It is different

 

prEma or 'rAga' is the outcome of mAya and avidya. No where in our

old sriptures

we find any mention of this ' prEma tattwa' which always purge vikArAs out.

 

Please excuse me if I have exeeded any limits

 

 

 

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krishnarao