The path of Love

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Great Wisdom, Thank you for sharing with us, when our heart open us with bhakti

(love and compassion for god and his creation) all our impurites will dissolve.

 

I read a book recently " The Way of a Pilgrim " , This book came to me by god's

grace. It cleared my doubts on the practice of mantra chanting and bhakti. This

book is about a spiritual seeker from Russia, This is based on eastern

christianity, but the concepts are very similar to hindutva, reading this book

enhanced my faith in the practice of mantra chanting, mediation and on god and

his creation, my faith has increased on the yogic path.

 

if you are interested here the details of the book,

The Way of a Pilgrim (Paperback)

by Walter J. Ciszek (Foreword), Helen Bacovcin (Translator)

 

God Bless,

Om Namah Shivaya,

Divakar.

 

 

--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Selvaratnam Selvakumar <selvauk wrote:

 

Selvaratnam Selvakumar <selvauk

The path of Love

 

Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 5:36 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Om Namah Sivaya

 

     

" Nothing can be impressed on smooth glass, but when the surface is coated with

proper chemicals, pictures can be impressed upon it, as in photography. In the

same way, on the human heart coated with the chemicals of Bhakti, the image of

Divinity can be impressed.

 

Unless one screens the eyes of unbroken horses, they will not move a single

step. Is it possible to realise God unless one’s passions have already been

controlled? In a sense not. But that is true only of Jnana Yoga, the path of

Knowledge. The knowing one says, “One must first be pure if one desires to see

God. One must first control one’s passions. First self-discipline, then

knowledge of God.â€There is however, another path leading to God – the path

of devotion (Bhakti Yoga). If one man gains love of God, if once the chanting of

His holy name begins to thrill the devotee with joy, what effort is needed for

the control of passions afterwards? The control comes of itself. Can a man

suffering from intense grief be in a mood to enter into a quarrel, or to enjoy a

feast, or to give his mind up to the pleasures of the senses? So one absorbed in

the love of God cannot think of sense-pleasures.

 

A poet has compared devotion to God to a tiger. As the tiger devours animals,

devotion also swallows up all the ‘arch-enemies’ of man, such as lust,

passion and the rest. Once the devotion to God is fully awakened, all evil

passions like lust and anger are completely

destroyed. "                                   Â\

 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  --------Sri Ramakrishna

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sivaya Namah