Guest guest Posted October 16, 1995 Report Share Posted October 16, 1995 On Oct 16, 2:18pm, Parthasarati Dileepan wrote: > > In the first two lines he compares his status to that > of Kaakaasuran who saught the help of all and sundry, > but finally after realising that there is no other hope > surrendered to Lord Rama and was saved. Likewise, Swami > DhEsikan implies, that for him all the other methods > such as Bhakthi yoga, etc. (he is not even mentioning > karma yoga, Jgana yoga et al.) are not efficacious. Thus > he seeks total surrender (adaikkalam) at the feet of > Aththigiri AruLaaLar (Kanchi Varadharaja perumaaL.) I am confused as to what bhakti yoga is and prapatti (deducing from previous articles, to mean total surrender to the Lord) is? This is the second time I am seeing an article mentioning such a distinction and felt I should inquire into this. Does not surrender to the Lord entail bhakti? If the acaryas distinguish between the two, is it because bhakti can be towards 'anya devata' also? But then that is not the 'bhakti yoga' described by Krishna in Gita where He says "Man Mana bhava mad bhakto..". I don't know anything about SriVaishnavism. If this is a basic question, please forgive my ignorance. thanks, ravi. > These two great souls preferred prapatti to other methods! > -- Dileepan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 1995 Report Share Posted October 17, 1995 I have the same problem in understanding difference between bhakti and prapatti, as Ravi has. Although, the bhakti/prapatti terminology is commonly used only in Srivaisnavism, the concepts are common to all. As I understand, Bhakti is an individual's effort in developing relationship with God. This includes the different kinds of sadhana or devotional services. So it appears that bhakti is initiated by the individual. Prapatti, on the other hand is initiated totally by God only. In prapatti, God as the Supreme controller initiates or accepts service as He only knows how and why. The key concept here is whether an individual has even a little freedom to as he/she wishes to do or is that also controlled by God. Please correct me, as necessary. -Eswar Josyula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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