Guest guest Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 bhaktyA tvananyayA Sakya ahamevamvidho'rjuna | jñAtum drashTum ca tattvena praveshTum ca paramtapa || (11.54) 16 --- By devotion, alone, without sense of other, O Arjuna, can I be known and seen, in such a form as I really am, and, ...in truth, be entered into. --- The 'I' casts off the illusion of 'I' and yet remains as 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-Realisation. The realised do not see any contradiction in it. Take the case of bhakti. I approach Iswara and pray to be absorbed in Him. I then surrender myself in faith and by concentration. What remains afterward? In place of the original 'I', perfect self-surrender leaves a residuum of God in which the 'I' is lost. This is the highest form of devotion (parabhakti), prapatti, surrender or the height of vairagya (dispassion). (from Talk; 28) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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