Efficacy of Bhakti

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When asked about the efficacy of bhakti, Sri Bhagavan said : So long

as there is vibhakti, there must be bhakti. So long as there is

viyoga, there must be yoga. So long as there is duality, there must

be God and devotee. Similarly also in vichara. So long as there is

vichara, there is duality too. But merging into the Source there is

unity only. So it is with bhakti too. Realising the God of devotion,

there will be unity only. God too is thought of in and by the Self.

So God is identical with the Self. If one is told to have bhakti for

God and he does so straightaway, it is allright. But there is another

kind of man who turns round and says : "There are two, I and God.

Before knowing the far-off God, let me know the more immediate and

intimate 'I'." For him the vichara-marga has to be taught. There is

in fact no differance between bhakti and vichara. ( From Talk 154 ).

 

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