From the Garland of Gurus Sayings. WHO translation

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> Verse 114-A. He that has practiced devotion to God in the

> " monkey style, "

> through many lives, attains supreme Illumination by the

> grace of God,

> through devotion in the " kitten style. " (8)

>

> (8) Devotion is described as two-fold; where the devotee

> relies on personal

> endeavor it is described as markata-bhava; where reliance

> is on God alone

> it is called marjara-bhava. The former devotee resembles

> the baby monkey

> who keeps hold of its mother by its own effort; the latter

> resembles the

> kitten, which the mother carries in her mouth. The usual

> notion is that

> the latter is easier; but Bhagavan Ramana tells us that the

> former is more

> natural to the beginner in devotion, because the ego-sense

> is strong in

> him, and wears off only gradually through devotion; when it

> is almost gone

> the other form of devotion becomes more natural. The

> notion that there is

> a mode or path that is best for all, irrespective of the

> individual, is an

> error; a method is good or otherwise relatively to the one

> that is to

> follow it, not in the abstract.

>

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, Alan Jacobs

<alanadamsjacobs wrote:

>

>

> > Verse 114-A. He that has practiced devotion to God in the

> > " monkey style, "

> > through many lives, attains supreme Illumination by the

> > grace of God,

> > through devotion in the " kitten style. " (8)

> >

> > (8) Devotion is described as two-fold; where the devotee

> > relies on personal

> > endeavor it is described as markata-bhava; where reliance

> > is on God alone

> > it is called marjara-bhava. The former devotee resembles

> > the baby monkey

> > who keeps hold of its mother by its own effort; the latter

> > resembles the

> > kitten, which the mother carries in her mouth. The usual

> > notion is that

> > the latter is easier; but Bhagavan Ramana tells us that the

> > former is more

> > natural to the beginner in devotion, because the ego-sense

> > is strong in

> > him, and wears off only gradually through devotion; when it

> > is almost gone

> > the other form of devotion becomes more natural. The

> > notion that there is

> > a mode or path that is best for all, irrespective of the

> > individual, is an

> > error; a method is good or otherwise relatively to the one

> > that is to

> > follow it, not in the abstract.

> >

>

 

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