Birth and death, natural marvels, the bitter experiences of life are all the queries the make man introspective. It is mentioned in our mythological works that a soul passes through eight million and four hundred thousand births before attaining this invaluable human birth.Īfter things like food, clothes and shelter needed for physical sustenance and protection are met, the enquiry for Truth that has been in the heart of every conscious person from the very beginning gets aroused. “Human birth is great, don’t waste it, O crazy men!”
Only man possesses the intellect and consciousness to shape his life and to think independently. Among the animates there are two further classification again. We see two classes of things, animate and inanimate, in the Lord’s creation.
(Shandilya says) We say absolutely not, because we know an antagonist may also have knowledge of God but there rests not an iota of devotion in his mind towards God.
Some may opine that for culturing devotion to God, philosophical knowledge ( jnana) is indispensable or there is necessary pre-conditional subsequence of philosophical knowledge of God. Unalloyed devotion to Godhead makes oneself immortal, beatific and eternally blissful. Thereafter henceforth to make inquiry into Devotion.īhakti is the unshakeable attachment to the Supreme God. Translation by Tridandi Sri Bhakti Prajnan Yati
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