Upadesa Saram, V. 10

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Sinking of the mind in the Heart,

its source, is Action, Devotion,

Union and Knowledge.

 

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A.R. Natarajana

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hrtsthalemanah svasthatAkriyA /

bhaktiyogabodhAScaniScitam //

'The act (kriyA) of abiding in one's natural state, the mind set in the Heart,

is without doubt, Devotion, Yoga, and Knowledge.'

Here, kriyA (action) refers to the one truly continuous, uncaused, meritorious

Œact¹ (kriyAyoga). This is eternal Being, the Self. Where the mind finds this

place (dhyAna), i.e. its place of birth, there is the culmination of Karma,

Bhakti, Yoga, and Jnana. For the purified mind, this takes the form of constant

remembrance, also called nididhyAsana. This is realisation of one's natural

state. ³...That is the whole truth in a nut-shell.² (from Talks; 222)

In practice this may take the form of daily attention to the silent murmur of

the Self, pulling the mind back through Self-Enquiry (the vibration... 'I',

'I', 'I' ..., at times even becoming physically manifest on the right side of

the chest), the abolition of viyoga through work/actions attended to

selflessly, without desire for the fruits, or, the setting up of and perpetual

remembrance of Sri Bhagavan in the temple of the Heart. The devotee, by Sri

Bhagavan's Grace, often finds all of these in his/her life.

>From Talks:

'Swa swarupanusandhanam bhaktirityabhidheeyate (Reflection on one's own Self is

called bhakti). Bhakti and Self-Enquiry are one and the same. The Self of the

Advaitins is the God of the bhaktas.'

(Talk; 274)

'D. : What is Jnana Marga?

M. : Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga.

Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This

Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.

Therefore the Path of Knowledge tries to find out how viyoga (separation) came

about. The separation is from the Reality only.'

(Talks; 17)

(from commentary on Upadesa Saram)