advancing in bhakthi

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

 

Dear Vaishnavas,

 

Adiyen hereby trying to write few lines

about ATIAHARA, one of the six faults that destroy

bhakthi, which is for the benefit of those who have a

strong desire to attain pure devotional service.

 

Many people may think that the word ATIAHARA

refers only to overeating, but this is n ot so.IT is

said " A sober person who can tolerate the urge to

speak, the minds demands,the actions of anger, and the

urges of the tongue,belly and genitals is qualified to

make disciples all over the world."

 

Bhojana also means to enjoy the objects of

the five senses.Form by the eyes,sound by the

ears,smell by the nose,taste by the tongue,feeling of

heat and cold, soft and hard by the touch, the five

senses enjoy.Krishna says in Gita 3.5-6 "Everyone is

forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he

has acquired from the modes of nature. Therefore no

one can refrain from doing something, not even a

moment.One who restrains the senses of action but

whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes

himself and is called a pretender."

 

HE also says in Gita 6.16-17 "There is no

possibilty of one's becoming a yogi, O Arjuna,if one

eats too much,or eats too little,sleeps too much , or

does not sleep enough.He who is temperate in his

habits of eating sleeping , working, and recreation

can mitigate all material pains by practicing bhakthi

yoga."

 

One should not endeavour for palatable

foodstuffs and fine clothes.Accept the sanctified

bhagwath prasadam that is easily obtainable.This is

devottees life style.Whatever is required take only

that.Taking more or less will not yield auspicious

results.If the practitioner takes or accumulated more

than necessary, his spiritual life will be lost due to

his being controlled by material mellows.If he does

not properly accumulate , then the body, which is his

means of worship, will not be protected.

 

House holders can collect in order to

mantain family members.They should earn their

livelihood and save according to religious

principles.With this savings they should serve the

Lord,the devottees,guests,family members and

themselves.If a house holder collects more than enough

then this is an impediment in his devotional servic

and in his acheiving Lord's mercy.

 

Krishna Dasee,

 

Vedavalli Ranganathan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Smt Vedavalli,

 

What I was saying is, the sukrtam of generating Bhakti in us is done

by the Lord Himself, according to Bhattar, whether in this life or

previous. Bhattar expresses similar view in SrI guNa ratna kOSam

also, where he says, disrepcting vEdas, considering someone else to

be the Lord, or saying there is no God, all those things are due to

lack of thAyAr's (His krpA) glances on the people at least even for a

second (ref. Ahu: vEdAn amAnam... verse).

 

Then why you, Ms Nappinnai and myself are seemingly talking against

vEdas? One may get a doubt. In comparison with thamizh vEdam, even

those vEdas are like "dhivitti" before Sun.

 

vEdaiScha sarvai: aham Eva vEdya:

 

nAham vEdai: na tapasA.. Both are said by the Lord Himself!

 

Bhattar had given a very simple defintion for Bhakti before he took

up the discussion on Bhakti, which I posted. I will post that in next

postings. According to Bhattar, the so-called dhyAnam or meditation

is nothing but thinking of His kalyANa guNas.

 

Bhattar ThiruvadihaLE SaraNam

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Vishnu

 

ramanuja, vedavalli ranganathan

<vedaranga> wrote:

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> Dear Sri Vishnu,

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> Yes you are correct.Without some

> sukrithi which he had done in previous lives one

> cannot advance in Bhakthi. Also our endeavour and by

> His mercy we can lead and dedicate our life to Him.

>

> Krishna Dasee

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> Vedavalli

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