The Easily Attainable "Bhakti" (Devotion and Love of God)
( Bhakti ki Sulabhtaa )
( Bhakti ki Sulabhtaa )
Shree Hari
On assessment it becomes clear that due to external education, sophistication, abandonment of culture and indulgence man has become extremely extravagant. Prices of essential things needed for sustaining life have skyrocketed. Income from business and jobs is modest. Due to these reasons, it has become very difficult for men to find time to devote to spiritual practices, and at the same time due to having only worldly aim, and a life filled with many worries, it has become quite a sorrowful condition. In such a state, the compassionate sages and saints have shared the variousyogas and various spiritual disciplines which in fact are man's dispensation to realize God and to attain solace and eternal peace. However, at this time, on the subject of those that are young in age, with less power and small intellect - for them attaining eternal peace and eternal bliss, is extremely easy, a spiritual practice of great importance is that one and only devotional service (bhakti) of the Lord. The characteristic of that devotion is only contemplation and remembrance of the Lord. Just as in Srimad Bhagwat 3/29/11-14, the qualities of "bhakti" (love and devotion) are shared by Lord Kapildev with his mother -
The way Ganga flows uninterruptedly, continuously towards the ocean, similarly simply by hearing My divine qualities, let the condition of the mind uninterruptedly, undividedly, like the continuous pouring of oil abide in Me, the Universal One, the inner heart of all, and with selfless and exclusive love become Mine - this is said to be the mark of devotion of the attributeless (nirguna) One. Such a devotee, who is free of desires, who leaving My devotion and love, resides with the liberated souls, in their proximity, resembling My form, and connected with Me, does not choose liberation. For the loving devotion of the Lord, they are the kind to even censure liberation, this discipline of devotion (Bhaktiyog) is itself eternal goal of man, in other words, the end (God). Through this, a man strides across all three qualities, and attains My sentiments – My loving form, that is beyond Nature.
In the same manner, Shri Madhusudanaacharya has also written in the Bhakti Rasayan -
Drutasya bhagavadharmardhaaraavaahikataam gataa |
Sarveshe manaso vruttirbhaktirityabhidheeyate ||
That is, by imbibing in the Bhagwat, the religious scripture, the mind that is deeply moved towards the Almighty Lord, with uninterruptedly, undividedly state, that itself is called "Bhakti".
By the above mentioned qualities, it is proven that remembrance of God, with exclusive sentiments, is itself "bhagwat bhakti" (devotion and love of God). (to be continued)
The way Ganga flows uninterruptedly, continuously towards the ocean, similarly simply by hearing My divine qualities, let the condition of the mind uninterruptedly, undividedly, like the continuous pouring of oil abide in Me, the Universal One, the inner heart of all, and with selfless and exclusive love become Mine - this is said to be the mark of devotion of the attributeless (nirguna) One. Such a devotee, who is free of desires, who leaving My devotion and love, resides with the liberated souls, in their proximity, resembling My form, and connected with Me, does not choose liberation. For the loving devotion of the Lord, they are the kind to even censure liberation, this discipline of devotion (Bhaktiyog) is itself eternal goal of man, in other words, the end (God). Through this, a man strides across all three qualities, and attains My sentiments – My loving form, that is beyond Nature.
In the same manner, Shri Madhusudanaacharya has also written in the Bhakti Rasayan -
Drutasya bhagavadharmardhaaraavaahikataam gataa |
Sarveshe manaso vruttirbhaktirityabhidheeyate ||
That is, by imbibing in the Bhagwat, the religious scripture, the mind that is deeply moved towards the Almighty Lord, with uninterruptedly, undividedly state, that itself is called "Bhakti".
By the above mentioned qualities, it is proven that remembrance of God, with exclusive sentiments, is itself "bhagwat bhakti" (devotion and love of God). (to be continued)
From book in Hindi " Ekai Saadhe, Sab Sadhai" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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