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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 16. On Bhakti

 

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

10.One who practices BHAKTI for a desired end finds no fulffilment on attaining

it and then again

worships God for the sake of eternal happiness.

 

11.BHAKTI, even when accompanied by desire, does not cease with the achievment

of the desire.

Faith in the Supreme person develops and goes on increasing.

 

12.Growing thus, BHAKTI in course of time becomes perfect. By means of this

perfect and supreme

BHAKTI, even as by Jnana, one crosses the ocean of Becoming.

 

This ends Ch. xvi

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 16. On Bhakti

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

10.One who practices BHAKTI for a desired end finds no fulffilment

on attaining it and then again

worships God for the sake of eternal happiness.

 

11.BHAKTI, even when accompanied by desire, does not cease with the

achievment of the desire.

Faith in the Supreme person develops and goes on increasing.

 

12.Growing thus, BHAKTI in course of time becomes perfect. By means

of this perfect and supreme

BHAKTI, even as by Jnana, one crosses the ocean of Becoming.

 

This ends Ch. xvi

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 16 `Bhakti'

V10

The devotion of one who practices it for the fulfilment of a desire

does not end on its attainment. He continues to be devoted to God

for attaining eternal happiness.

 

Commentary

One who has tasted the bliss of companionship of God will seek only

more of it. Initially the dominant cause for the devotion itself is

the satisfaction of desires for things of the world. Gradually love

of God, for the highest, for bliss without end, takes its place.

Those whose hearts are turned Godward, as the magnetic needle to the

north, can never lose heir bearing as they sail the stormy ocean of

desire.*

V11

Devotion, even when it co-exists with desire, will not cease on

satisfaction of it. Faith in the Supreme begins and develops.

 

Commentary

This verse is to be read along with the preceeding one. One more

reason is given to explain continuance of devotion, even though

motivated to start with. One would expect logically that it would

end when the motive ceases. But in practice it is not so. Why? For,

imperceptibly, along the way, faith in the Supreme is built up and

success only strengthens the belief.

 

V12

The devotion growing thus becomes complete in course of time. By

such complete and supreme devotion one crosses the cycle of births

and deaths, in a like manner as one would by knowledge.

 

Commentary

Ramana begins with the form of bhakti and comes down step by step to

motivated devotion and accepts even that as a means for reaching the

goal of liberation. The stress is on the gathering of the mind in a

single thought stream; then the inward journey becomes possible and

the Supreme would do the rest by pulling one into the Self. It

produces a reciprocal flow of power, the grace of the Self which

wakens the hold of the `I'-thought and destroys the vasanas which

perpetuate and reinforce its existence*.

[*Be As You Are by David Godman – p82]

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Ramana Gita Chapter 16 `Bhakti' Concluded.

[Note: Sanskrit version of Ch16 in Sri Ramana's handwriting is

in `Photo' file, `RamanaGita' album]

 

Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

= = = = = =

anu

 

 

 

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