Sutra 26 . Phalarupatwat.
(Because of its being of the nature of the result or
fruit of all these)
Phalarupatwat: because of its being of the nature of the
result or fruit of all these.
Meditation
Karma Actions. Purity of heart
Effacement of ego
Bhakti Love Love
In Bhakti, the starting point is Love and the ending point is also Love. So, Love is not caused by any other thing but it is there inherent as the very nature of a human being is LOVE.
Sutra 27. Easwarasyapyabhimaanadweshitwat dainyapriyattwattcha.
[(Devotion is
higher than the others) because God hates egoism and loves humility.]
Easwarasya: God’s
Api: also
Abhimanadweshitwaat: dislike or aversion for conceit or
egoism
Dainya: priyattwaat, love of meekness
cha: and.
A devotee absolutely depends upon God alone. He is in
communion with the Lord. He is ever peaceful and blissful. Others run after
cowers etc. They depend upon their self-effort. They fail and become miserable.
Bhakti is absolute self-surrender. In true devotion there
is no room for the pride of one’s own efforts or spiritual discipline. A
devotee feels that he is an instrument in the hands of God and God does everything
for him. There is not the slightest trace of ego. Therefore, the path of
devotion is superior to all other paths.
In the previous 2 posts, this sutra has been covered already, even before reading this sutra.
In Jnana, with gain of knowledge, ego creeps in, which has been covered in post 36 under the head "FALL IN PATH OF JNANA".
In Karma, when one's actions are appreciated by others, recognized by others, ego creeps in. This is also covered in post 36 under "FALL IN THE PATH OF KARMA".
However, the beginning of a devotee's journey in the path of devotion is marked with humility because, the journey begins with "melting of ego" and then "melting of heart" itself . This was dealt in the talk given in a Sai centre in Muscat last month.
In Karma, the body and mind is at work and hence, any achievement leads to EGO.
In Jnana, the intellect is at work and hence, any knowledge about Higher SELF, even though it may be purely theoretical, still it leads to EGO that "I KNOW".
In Bhakti, neither the body, nor the mind nor the intellect works as everything is surrendered at the lotus feet of the God adored and worshipped.
The sense that I am doing, I am knowing, I am praying - Nothing remains when the devotee is immersed in the divine glory of God and tears roll down his cheeks automatically when the heart melts in Love for God.
So, Humility is the spontaneous and natural hallmark of a devotee as there is no one, no physical identity left in him to be not humble!!
Love for God, the path of devotion, is not only the means in the path of devotion but the end by itself, because, the journey begins with Love for God, and through Love for God, the devotee gains Love of God only to exist ultimately as Love which is God!!! Hence the journey is with Love, through Love, in Love, to exist as LOVE.
Love.
Dear All,
ReplyDeleteFew more lines on Post no 26.
ACTION
Let us take a static person who undertakes good / noble actions like serving society, attending satsangh etc.
His actions may be ( may not be, but let us assume may be) with reference to a particular phase in his life, a particular location, a particular environment.
And in this process, the effect is that he gets a lot of peace/ lot of tranquility.
But when his environment / location/ phase in life changes, there is a possibility that his frame of mind changes and he is no more able to involve himself in selfless servuce/ satsangh etc. With the result, the peace / tranquility etc. is lost.
JNANA
A human being undertakes sadhana , acquires 4 qualifications, gets fired up with Mumukshatva, takes up all vedanta treatise with fire, gains knowledge of the upanishad truth and is almost on the door step of getting subjective experience of SELF.
Some how, hidden vasanas, in some situation, makes him slave to them and he slips down from where he had reached and loses the strength to pursue sadhana and the peace and a little bliss he has gained, is gone and he is gripped with Avidya/ Ignorance of SELF
DEVOTION
Devotion starts with Love for God.
This love for God is realized very soon in the path of devotion as some thing which is / which was already there within the devotee and he was/ he is necessarily only Love ( Prematma Swarupalara, Swami addresses us thus). So, the starting point, the cause in devotion which is LOVE, was nothing other than the devotee and there was no external cause such as noble actions in Karma or Meditation/ 4 qualifications etc in Jnana.
So, the start, the middle and the end in the journey in the path of devotion, LOVE, being devotee's essential, eternal nature, no change in environment, no change in location, no difficulties/ struggle SHALL/ MUST bring in any change in the devotee !!!
Hope the sutras is all the more clear with this further exposition on the sutra.
Love