T Ram Sewak ANUPAM BHAKTI Shri Ram further elucidates bhakti in Shri Ramcharitmanas (3.16). so sutantra aana, tehi bigyana, bhagati anupam sukhamoola, milai anukoola.
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T Ram Sewak
ANUPAM BHAKTI
Shri Ram further elucidates bhakti in Shri Ramcharitmanas (3.16).
"so sutantra aana, tehi bigyana,
bhagati anupam sukhamoola, milai anukoola".
"Bhakti is autonomous and needs no support; gyan and vigyan are deferential to it. Bhakti is incomparable, unique, and the root of all joy. The company of saints is conducive for it".
Shri Ram again underscores the simplicity and ease of bhakti. It is not a Sadhana; it is Upasana. Therefore, it does not involve any complex knowledge or spiritual practices. Bhakti is about establishing a personal connection with HIM. Continuously thinking of HIM, revering HIM with intense and immense love and devotion that leads to that spirit of complete surrender and a union with HIM.
Although it may appear otherwise, Shri Ram unfolds here the innate unity on the spiritual journey of the trinity of gyan, vairagya, and bhakti. Some start with bhakti and then achieve gyan and moksh. Others first achieve vairagya and gyan and then reach para bhakti (Gita 18.54). As Shri Krishna declares in Gita 4.11, in whatever way men worship me, in the same way, do I fulfil their desires, and people tread my path in all ways. Thus, while each journey may take a different route, they all lead to the same destination.
Knowing the infinitude of bhakti, Shri Ram gives us its essence and crux. It is not only unparalleled and unique but also the very source of bliss (also emphasised by Hanumanji in Shri Ramcharitmanas 5.34). Bhakti is received, not acquired. While vairagya follows while treading the path of dharam, and gyan comes through yoga, bhakti flows only through HIS grace. Most great bhakts have been simple souls with no knowledge of scriptures or training in spiritual practices, underlining that bhakti is simple, easy, unconstrained and
non- dependent. Bhakti is both the means and the
end Anupam, indeed! / DAILY WORLD /
Namami Ramam Musings-46
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