Bhakti/Jnana/Sakti

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advaitin, "Tony O'Clery" <aoclery> wrote:

> Namaste All, IMO,

>

> It seems simply that Jnana is the intellectual route and Bhakti the

> energy or emotional one. As the body is primarily an ape, then the

> emotional or bhakti route is the most tangible and easier to slip

> into. It is marrying the mind with the inner energy that is the end

> result and moksha.

> Most humans and all animals have an underdeveloped or potential

> vijnanamayakosa, but all have the lower mind and energy/emotion.

> Maharaj says that only one person in a city the size of Mumbai can

> understand advaita properly, even intellectually, never mind

realise

> it. That boils down to about 60,000? people on the planet and then

> only a small percentage achieve moksha. This is why Sankara

> said 'Bhaja Govindam', for as animals we can understand Bhakti

better

> and more easily. Bhakti with a dose of Jnana is the easier

> route...This is why Ramana and such sing bhajans etc etc as an

> example of harnessing the inner animal energy as devotion..

>

> However education is the only reason for jnana The Ko-San Bushmen

of

> the Kalahari in Africa have a saying I always remember.

> 'Somewhere there is a dream dreaming us'

> and that without reading one scripture.

>

> .ONS...Tony.

 

That should read 'education is NOT the only reason for jnana.'

However we are now getting into prajna.......hahaha....ONS...Tony.

[Guest guest]

"> Maharaj says that only one person in a city the size of Mumbai can

> understand advaita properly, even intellectually, never mind

realise

> it. That boils down to about 60,000? people on the planet and then

> only a small percentage achieve moksha. "

 

No wonder population is on the rise !! :-)

 

Om

ranjeet