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RE: Digest Number 847 [Lord Narasimhan]

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sukumar • Fri Mar 14 2003 - 22:03:43 PST 


Sri Krishnaya Namah!

Dear Sri Naidu,

If u deem bhakthi/samarpana bhava as a sentiment, I agree that is the 
sentiment one should develop and that's how great dasas - Purandara 
Dasa/Kanaka Dasa/Kabir/Thukaram/Meera etc., have flourished in pure 
bhakthi.  They surrendered to God and that's it.  Why even Gopikas 
surrounding Lord Kannan have no gyana about Lord Krishna, which is left 
Uddhava dumb founded & flabbergasted.

In bhagavadgita Lord Krishna says - "zyana yogena sankhyanam, karma yogo 
vishishtathe"  thus while doing karma be a sanyasi and that is the best of 
all yogas.   I am not saying one should not attain knowledge but I am just 
saying that bhakthi and surredering to God/samarpana bhava is the highest 
of all paths laid down by the Lord.

Net net,  the devotion/samarpana bhava towards God is what is necessary 
than knowledge about God and his deeds.  While it is necessary that we 
should surrender to God - kaya, vacha, manasa,   we just can't fulfill our 
urge to know God as he is beyond our reasoning and intellect.   Devotion 
towards God is more opt now than Knowledge about God (which is difficult to 
possess though to some extent we are knowledgeable and without which our 
devotion too is not total)

Actually, even if we do get answers about his deeds, through scriptures 
etc., it is still not enough as God is beyond words.  Words can't describe 
him in totality.  He is beyond words, as words do have limitations of ones 
intellect and that's how we have his gyana avataars in the form of Nara & 
Narayana, Sage Kapila, Krishna Dwaipayana who taught us about Him.

Finally, I appreciate your urge to know and hope that you will get your 
doubts clarified.


Sukumar

Sri Krishna Parabrahmane Namah!

-----Original Message-----
From:	paranguca naidu [SMTP:parankuca_naidu@yahoo.com]
Sent:	15/03/2003 7:53 AM
To:	bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	RE: Digest Number 847 [Lord Narasimhan]

adiyenathu vanakkangaL
while accepting we dont have any grounds go in to the deeds of 
paramaathman, wehave to accept thatthere must be reasonsforhisaction. 




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