Narada Bhakti Sutra - Post 20

Dear All.

Author assumes that the readers have got the clarity on how a Devotee / lover of God, ends up acting in conformance with the scriptural instructions / social norms etc., even without a ray of thought about  scriptural injunctions / social requirements.

The above was explained with an example of Buddha.

Today's post is willed to explain the same further.

Loka Veda Vyapara Nyaas - Renunciation of secular and religious activities.

As long as a devotee is in society and has to undertake actions as a householder or as a Sanyasi, yesterday's post explains how, without any concern of what Religion / Religious treatise expects from him / society expects from him, the house holder or a sanyasi Bhakta automatically ends up acting in conformance of secular/ religious injunctions.

How??

Let us see the difference between a normal jiva and a God intoxicated Bhakta, in the above context.

A Normal Jiva

• For any of his actions, there is a desire / there is a motive.
• Even standing in front of the sanctum sanctorum in Tirupathi / Prashant nilayam, the devotee has some desires which he wants the God to fulfill.
• Thus, mind, if it has even a ray of any desire, is agitated / restless till the time that desire is fulfilled and as soon as and if at all, that desire is fulfilled, the mind jumps to next desire.
• Agitated mind may end up prompting the jiva to take actions which may sometimes be against the scriptural injunctions or the social norms.

A Bhakta, intoxicated with Love of God

• Nothing mentioned above in case of a normal Jiva is applicable to a true Bhakta as he has no desire but to merge with God.
• Mira existed with so much of Love for her Krishna that she verily existed as Krishna. In such an existence, where can a place for any desire in worldly sense??
• So, what would be the texture of such a heart which is filled ONLY with love for God and with no CONCERN for the world??
• The heart is PURE, the spiritual energy is FULL, mental agitation is NIL.

Dear Readers,

This Heart's PURITY, FULLNESS of spiritual energy and ZERO mental agitation is the SECRET for perfection in all thoughts / words and actions of a true devotee because there is no mixing of any thought / motive behind any of his action.

When action is done at such a purity, they are same as actions of any Avatar / any incarnation. How can any action of an incarnation not confirm to Spiritual injunction or secular norms?????

Now, let us move to the state of a Bhakta, who  has neither any duty towards family / society, nor any need for  being in this world for any purpose, not even for transforming any human beings.

What would be such a Bhakta's state??

He even crosses the spontaneous perfection in confirming to Spiritual / secular norms. He transcends all actions, He transcends all practices, all rituals, all social requirements.

Chinmaya writes about the state of such a devotee thus:-

"When once  the world ward flow of mind has completely ended, to such a devotee, performance of rituals becomes totally impossible.

Every moment of his existence, in every thought in his heart, he is constantly at Lord's feet. 

To such a devotee who is living in unbroken memory of the Lord of his heart, his very existence is a constant flow of Love at the Alter of the Lord."

When the devotee reaches such a state, it is immaterial where he lives - whether in a cave in Himalaya or in a busy town. He exists in KAIVALYA, ALONE LESS WITH / AS / IN  SELF  or GOD.

For him, there are no more rituals, no more pilgrimages, no more yagnas, no more reading of scripture, no more fasting, no more praying, no more prescriptions of religion!!!! He crosses them all and neither is he concerned with any society norms / expectations of people from him !!!!

HE HAS MERGED WITH THE LORD!!

Love.