Bhakti

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Dear Friends,

 

Prof. Syed asked Bhagavan: "Does not Bhakti imply duality?" Bhagavan

answered: " Swa swarupanusandhanam bhaktirityabidheeyate", which means,

reflection on one's own Self is called bhakti. Bhakti and Self-Enquiry

are one and the same. The Self of the Advaitins is the God of the

bhaktas.

 

From the Talks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monsoonhouse Int.

Kovalam/Kerala

contact: christianecameron

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, christiane cameron

<christianecameron@m...> wrote:

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> Prof. Syed asked Bhagavan: "Does not Bhakti imply duality?"

Bhagavan

> answered: " Swa swarupanusandhanam bhaktirityabidheeyate", which

means,

> reflection on one's own Self is called bhakti. Bhakti and Self-

Enquiry

> are one and the same. The Self of the Advaitins is the God of the

> bhaktas.

>

> From the Talks

 

Namaste Chris,

 

This is absolutely true.

 

However many do not appreciate the depth of this statement.

Bhakti is not devotion but the end of devotion and no ego.

It is not necessary in the end result to worship Ramana's form and

pray to his picture. He cannot hear you he is not a person anymore.

Many need to have rituals and this is fine on the path.

However all Bhakti and Yogas are unnecessary if one just practises

Ramana's teaching 'Who am I'. One will find the One we were

searching for, worshipping etc, is our own Self all the time...to

paraphrase Vivekananda.

Buddha said Bliss is the final impediment to Nirvana. This is

because it is an attachment to experience. This is the

misunderstanding of many 'Bhaktas'.

 

If Self Enquiry were not simpler and more direct scientifically than

any other way-----Ramana would not have taught it.

 

That is why it is more direct than scriptures or worshipping, for

99.9% of those that worship as Bhaktas do so to form.....Ramana's or

any other form.

 

This is why it is easier to reach Moksha than any method such as

Bhakti. For in Bhakti there is attachment to the beloved and Bliss,

and in scriptures there is the attachment to knowledge.

 

The Self that Ramana' talks of mostly is the Sakti/Saguna, which in

itself is unreal and disappears on bodiless Moksha, as never having

happened..............ONS...Tony.