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Gayatri Sharma • February 6, 2003 


Humble pranams to the lineage of guru parampara and all bhagavathas 
in the list.

this is further more in support of sri mani, the moderator. he wd 
like to say it clearly that take good in any thing inspite of who 
ever might have taught. 

i accept this strategy heartfully. 

here i would like to recall the characterisitcs of  "SWAN" a bird, 
when we put milk and water mixed together before that bird,...it 
takes only the milk and leaves the water as it is...instead of giving 
thought whether the said principle can be followed or not, one may 
give more importance to what he has preached.  

in my view none of the religions or dharma preaches anything wrong. 
the ways of reaching Him, the Ultimate,  may be different but the 
Goal is One for All. here again, the One may be Shiva for some and 
for us Sri Vishnu. a lucid style of example is : If a non-sri 
vaishnava praises vishnu or prayed vishnu, one can take the 
praises/prayers on vishnu instead of leaving them.  if not, we are 
the losers of enjoying such great compositions.

Here, in Bhaja Govindam, one may to try to understand the 
characteristics of this materialistic samsara and then 
remain 'unattached' to it. by constantly remembering such verses, not 
only by remembering repeatedly, but in my view, one has to start 
implementing in their own lifes to develop 'unattachment'. "Be with 
Samsara..but do not be "in" Samsara' caption may be best for 
understanding bhaja govinda in short.

here i wd also like to add that my views above are not only limited 
to bhaja govindam alone but to any such great compositions on Sri 
Vishnu which are made by non-sri vaishnavas also are allowed to be 
taken into heart as they are made on SRI VISHNU.

since the self has limited knowledge, any mistakes in my 
understanding may be forgiven.

jai sriman narayana/gayatri sharma 

--- In bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com, "Mani Varadarajan " 
 wrote:
> > but Adiyen is not disputing that point, I am confused
> > when I go through the very next verse, 
> > 
> > "Brahma Padam Tvam Pravisha Vidhitva", 
> > 
> > which suggests that we should "merge" with the
> > brahman.. or my understanding maybe wrong.
> 
> Hello Vimal,
> 
> I am the Moderator who made the comments.
> 
> There is nothing wrong in the idea of 'entering'
> Brahman, as the word 'praviSa' suggests. Take for
> example, Bhagavad Gita 18.55b:
> 
>   tato mAm tattvato jnAtvA viSate tad anantaram |
> 
>   [In the highest stage of bhakti-yoga], knowing
>   Me in reality, [the yogi] then enters [Me].
> 
> My suggestion is to enjoy Bhaja Govindam. It was
> written by Sri Adi Sankara who was a great saint
> and philosopher (despite whatever disagreements
> we may have with his metaphysical viewpoints) and
> is addressed to Krishna. Why not appreciate it
> for what it is?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mani



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