Narada Bhakti Sutra [1:5]

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[1:5] Having attained which (Devotion), (s)he cares

for nothing, never grieves,never hates,never delights

in anything and (s)he finds no urge or enthusiasm for

sense enjoyment.

 

Such an individual who gains the Supreme Joy of Full

Devotion to the Lord comes to live in a sense of utter

fulfilment. (S)he has thereby come to live and

experience a new order of existence and, to him/her

the objects, emotions and thoughts, which constitute

the only fields of relaxation and entertainment for

us, are of no avail.

A great master of Devotion has exclaimed, "How can

there be any attraction for the foul-smelling

ditch-water of sensuality to one who is swimming in

the ocean of Hari-Bhakti".

 

Grief is the feeling that comes in the human mind when

the already acquired objects of one's attachment

perish or decay in his/her possession. Since to a true

devotee there is no attachment for anything in the

world around, and his/her entire attachment is only

for the Imperishable Truth, in the midst of the

ever-dying, ever-perishing world of beings and

objects, the lover's heart knows no grief.

 

To a devotee who is enjoying in himself/herself this

steady Love Supreme, even the delay for his/her final

experience is not a sorrow. Such a lover's only desire

is -- whether in heaven or hell, his/her Love for the

Lord must ever increase. (S)he cares for nothing else.

 

To a true devotee all happenings are unimportant and

extremely insignificant. (S)he cares not for them.

Things may come and things may go; joys may visit, or

sorrows may peep in his heart-- but (s)he ever lives

in the maddening joy of Hari-devotion. His mind never

goes anywhere-- it has no place to go; wherever it

goes he has no other experience other than the Beloved

of his own heart.

 

The Gopies once said to Uddhav

"Our minds never remain, even for a moment, even

with us,-- how can they go then to our neighbours or

others ?" Once a lover, the Lord fascinates him so

much that in the language of the Bhaktas the Lord is

the thief of the hearts(Chitta Chor).

 

In the great glory of the Lord the love-heart of the

devotee melts to become one with Him.

 

- [1:5] to be continued ---

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Ramakrishna Mission's Narada Bhakti Sutras and

Swami Chinmayananda's discourses on Narada Bhakti

Sutra

are used. The books may be purchased from the

Missions.

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Namaste /\ /\ /\

Raghava

 

 

 

 

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