[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Relation with God.

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Dear all,

It is a good one and very apt one, too. God can be held firmly to

oneself only with one bond; that is Bhakti. " PURUSHAH SA PARAH PARTHA,

BHAKTYA LABHYASTWANANYAYA; YASYA ANTHASTHANI BHOOTHANI YENA SARVAMIDAM

THATHAM. " ( The Supreme Purusha, the abode of all beings can be

attained by unswerving and exclusive devotion to Him alone): B.G. VIII/22.

 

Many people think that by attaining spiritual knowledge by reading only

Vedas and Upanishads, they can attain the Lord. They are sadly

mistaken. " Prematmaka Bhakti " alone will take one to the Lord. Jnana

without Bhakti will serve no purpose. But unswerving Bhakti will build

Jnana along with it when it develops, and lead one to salvation.

 

Love

K.V. Gopalakrishna.

 

GANAPATHY RAMAN wrote:

 

>To make even little advance in the Spiritual sphere it is highly essential that

there shuld be an inherent love,faith,dedication towards God and that

steadfastness is a must.A wavering mind can achieve nothing.Instead of

> allowing God to hold us we must hold Him firmly so as not allow Him to go

> out of our hold.To justify that the following narration can be brooded.

> Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.The father in his anxiety

told

> the girl " honey,hold my hand so that you won't fall into the river " . The girl

replied

> " No dad,better you hold my hand " .Asked the puzzled father 'what is the

> difference " .Little girl replied " there is a lot of difference,dad " .Father

asked " how " .

> The girl said " If I hold your hand and something happens it is quite possible

> that I may leave hold of your hand and fall into the river,but if you hold my

hand

> I am sure you will not let me go come what may in any circumstances " .

>

> The theme here is in any sort of relationship, the essence of trust lies not

in

> its bind, but in its bond.In the same way instead of pleading with God to

hold

> one's hand he/she must hold Him firmly so that He never goes out of the hold

> of the devotee as there is always the likelihood that in case of an

indifferent

> attitude of His devotee in his pursuits He may abandon the devotee but

holding

> Him firmly the devotee never allows Him move out of his/her grip even if

he/she

> may commit mistakes and holding Him firmly will see him/her thru in the path.

> A little narration given but it has a lot of feeling.

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> Hare Krishna.

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