Guest guest Posted December 13, 1999 Report Share Posted December 13, 1999 amR^ita svaruupaa cha || 3 || amR^ita : ambrosia, nectar which causes immortality could imply that which causes liberation svaruupa: one's nature or form cha: and 3. And its nature is like amR^ita. This means it confers immortality. That is, it reveals one's true nature. Mis-identification with body and mind makes us think that we are mortal, subjected to changes and death. OTOH, Atman is immortal and it is not subjected to defects like growth, change, decay, death, etc. Bhakti is constant contemplation on God (or one's Self). Hence, this is non-different from jnAna and in jnAna yoga it is called nididhyAsa. Such a contemplation or enquiry reveals the true nature of Self. Thus confers liberation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 1999 Report Share Posted December 16, 1999 NBS 3: [ extracts from Shri Deglurkar's commentary in Marathi]: In this Sutra Narada Maharshi adds another inherent nature of bhakti, namely the absence of death, destruction or change. The word 'amR^ita' has been used in many contexts with many different meanings; for example, yogis call the bliss of samadhi as 'amrita; in vedanta brahman and moksha have been denoted by it; puranas describe it as the elixir of immortality, etc. All the different sadhanas or disciplines premise a series of qualifications before attaining this elixir. However, in the case of bhakti (devotion) that nature exists in it at all times! Divinity Itself is 'amrita', so everything related to Its manifestations, assumes its nature as a consequence (e.g. charaNamR^ita, prasaadaamR^ita, naamaamR^ita, etc.) In other words, bhakti's nature is the same during the stage of saadhanaa and at the fruition or its culmination. [ to be contd.] brahmaarpaNamastu . ----Original Message Follows---- "Ravisankar S. Mayavaram" <msr shriimaataa NBS - 3 Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:03:55 -0600 amR^ita svaruupaa cha || 3 || amR^ita : ambrosia, nectar which causes immortality could imply that which causes liberation svaruupa: one's nature or form cha: and 3. And its nature is like amR^ita. This means it confers immortality. That is, it reveals one's true nature. Mis-identification with body and mind makes us think that we are mortal, subjected to changes and death. OTOH, Atman is immortal and it is not subjected to defects like growth, change, decay, death, etc. Bhakti is constant contemplation on God (or one's Self). Hence, this is non-different from jnAna and in jnAna yoga it is called nididhyAsa. Such a contemplation or enquiry reveals the true nature of Self. Thus confers liberation. ------ AUM shrImAtre namaH Archives : / : http://www.geocities.com/kaamaakshi/ Contact : miinalochanii & lotus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 1999 Report Share Posted December 17, 1999 NBS #3 ctd: Death generally refers to the state of the gross body. In actuality, it is a state of constant return to a life of creaturehood, falling prey to desires, being imprisoned by the chains of ephemeral events. Such lack of freedom itself may be deemed as death. Bhakti, devotion, has the power to free one from all these fetters that mimic death. The Divine is of the nature of nectar; that nectar is enjoyed by the Divine; in other words the devotion is the nectar that the Divine finds worth enjoying. The Divine and Its Names are nectar in light of their non-difference. Shankara says to Parvati (Ramayana 3:75): shriiraamanaamaakshara mantrabiija.n jaapyaM madiiya.n paramaamR^itaM me . samudrajaata.n garala.n vR^ithaakR^ita.n dhyeyaM madiiya.n satu raamachandraH .. The mantra of Rama's name is the nectar I uniterruptedly drink. Its potency is such that it neutralised all the poison that I drank after the churning of the oceans. Hence the only ideal I seek is Ramachandra. Not only does the nectar make one immortal, but it does it in the sweetest possible way. The 'rasa' or essence of devotion includes all others; it exemplifies bliss. ' raso vai saH rasa.n hyevaaya.n labdhvaa aanandii bhavati .' Taitt. Up. II.vii.1 That verily is essence obtaining which one becomes full of bliss. If one cannot taste the sweetness of the Divine Name, know that one to be a sick person! [to be contd. ----Original Message Follows---- "Ravisankar S. Mayavaram" <msr shriimaataa NBS - 3 Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:03:55 -0600 amR^ita svaruupaa cha || 3 || amR^ita : ambrosia, nectar which causes immortality could imply that which causes liberation svaruupa: one's nature or form cha: and 3. And its nature is like amR^ita. This means it confers immortality. That is, it reveals one's true nature. Mis-identification with body and mind makes us think that we are mortal, subjected to changes and death. OTOH, Atman is immortal and it is not subjected to defects like growth, change, decay, death, etc. Bhakti is constant contemplation on God (or one's Self). Hence, this is non-different from jnAna and in jnAna yoga it is called nididhyAsa. Such a contemplation or enquiry reveals the true nature of Self. Thus confers liberation. ------ AUM shrImAtre namaH Archives : / : http://www.geocities.com/kaamaakshi/ Contact : miinalochanii & lotus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 1999 Report Share Posted December 18, 1999 NBS #3 :[ commentary extracts contd. Many saint-poets have sung the glory of the Divine Name, which makes all the sensory joys fade into oblivion. Saint Ekanatha says what ShriKrishna offered to Uddhava was the ambrosia of devotion that exceeded even the four 'purushhaartha's (dharma, artha, kaama, moksha)in value. Another perspective of the glory of devotion is that it is uniquely 'unbroken'(akhaNDa); like the flow of the Ganges continues even after it meets the ocean. All other approaches (saadhanaas) [yaj~nakarmas-yoga-j~naana]'die' or end at the fruition; but the love of devotion increases and continues even after the culmination!! NBS #3 concluded. ----Original Message Follows---- "Ravisankar S. Mayavaram" <msr shriimaataa NBS - 3 Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:03:55 -0600 amR^ita svaruupaa cha || 3 || amR^ita : ambrosia, nectar which causes immortality could imply that which causes liberation svaruupa: one's nature or form cha: and 3. And its nature is like amR^ita. This means it confers immortality. That is, it reveals one's true nature. Mis-identification with body and mind makes us think that we are mortal, subjected to changes and death. OTOH, Atman is immortal and it is not subjected to defects like growth, change, decay, death, etc. Bhakti is constant contemplation on God (or one's Self). Hence, this is non-different from jnAna and in jnAna yoga it is called nididhyAsa. Such a contemplation or enquiry reveals the true nature of Self. Thus confers liberation. ------ AUM shrImAtre namaH Archives : / : http://www.geocities.com/kaamaakshi/ Contact : miinalochanii & lotus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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