Guest guest Posted February 15, 2003 Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 Namaste Nurcarnation, Contemplate on this ; Jai Ganesa !! Sarasvatayai Namo Namaha !! Sutra 1 Athato bhaktim vyakhyasyamah (atha-after acquiring)Athato-now therefore,bhaktim-nature or path of supreme devotion/Divine Love ,vyakhyasyamah-we shall expound Now, therefore, we shall expound the nature of supreme devotion The Sage Narada uses the word now to reflect that there is no prerequisite requirement unlike other scriptural learning like hathayoga preliminary requiremnt of yama, niyamas, jnana yoga preliminary requirement of discriminative mind of the learner-viveka . This shows in bhakthi yoga there is no existence of any distinction or limitation of caste , age or any preliminary requirement or any purificatory rites to be mastered before following bhakthi yoga . So you could start you learning NOW rather than after some other rituals are conducted or mastered. The copy that you have have gave detailed explaination by Swamiji because he was actually discussing with his Japanese disciples orally who needed extensive discussion of what is bhakthi philosophy but it is not applicable to the first verse so I would keep it straight to the point in discussion.There will be discussion of what is bhakthi -the science of supreme devotion to God in others verses to come so I will discuss them when the time comes. Are you ok with the first verse ?If you are we will go to the second verse for discussion........ Jai Maa!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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