Vivekananda Mailing List-7/25/03

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There is a little difference in opinion between the teachers of

knowledge and those of love, though both admit the power of Bhakti. The

Jnanis hold Bhakti to be an instrument of liberation, the Bhaktas look

upon it both as the instrument and the thing to be attained. To my mind

this is a distinction without much difference. In fact, Bhakti, when

used as an instrument, really means a lower form of worship, and the

higher form becomes inseparable from the lower form of realisation at a

later stage. Each seems to lay a great stress upon his own peculiar

method of worship, forgetting that with perfect love true knowledge is

bound to come even unsought, and that from perfect knowledge true love

is inseparable.

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Today we continue Swami Vivekananda's book Bhakti-Yoga found in Volume

3 of the Complete works.

 

This is a part of a daily study of the lectures and writings of Swami

Vivekananda. All lectures are sent out in sequenced form, as he spoke

them.

 

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