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Venkatesh Chitoor • April 27, 2002 


Dear Yogadarshana researchers,

I am well-acquainted with one peculiar Vaishnava
system based in Gujarat, through a SAurashtrian
brahmin friend of mine, though I have not taken their
diksha, I own some important texts of their
literature.

Its is "Bhagwan Swaminarayan [considered an amshavatar
of ShriHari] and His vishishtadvaitham" having its
main literature - 1. Shikshapatri 2. Vachanamritam 
based on three main acharyas, viz. Ramanujacharya -
for Gita and Vishishtadvaitham, MAdhvacharya - for
Krishna-mahatyam and mainly Sri Vallabhacharya and his
son Sri Vitthalesh for The Shikshapatri. In
Shikshapatri there are many verses which refer to yoga
that means dhyana on SriKrishna. It directs one and
all, high or low, noble or fallen, to SriKrishna. It
has instances which refer to what exactly "yoga"
means. Ofcourse, for a layman, it must mean - "yoga:
karmasu kaushalm" ie. expertise in doing one's work.

I give below some verses which I consider most
significant:-
||Prastaavana|| Vaame yasya sthitaa Radha Sri:cha 
                yasyaasti vakshasi|
                Vrindaavanaviharam tam SriKrishnam
                hridi chintaye||P||
||1|| Aikyaatmam eve vigneyam NaaraayanaMaheshayoho|
      Ubhayor Brahmaroopena vedeshu pratipaadanat||1||
||2|| SriKrishna Krishna-avataaraanam khandanam yatra
      yuktibhihi|
      Kritam syaat taani shaastraani na maanyaani 
      kadaachana||2||
||3|| Krishnah: tadavataaraashcha dhyeyaa: tat pratima
      api cha|
      Na tu jeeva nridevaadya bhaktaha: brahmavido
      api cha||3||
||4|| Nijaatmaanam brahmaroopam deha traya
      vilakshanam|
      Vibhaavya tena kartavyaaha: bhakti:
      Krishnasya sarvada||4||
*||5|| Vairaagyam Gneyam a-preetihi SriKrishna-itara
       vastushu|
       Jiva-Maya-Ishwara-Rupam iti avagamyataam||5||

Yours sincerely,
Venkatesh C.A.

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