Friday, November 6, 2015

bhakti and jnAna: Faith and wisdom

If bhakti is fully established then one should see the entire world as God. Since God is perfect, nothing in the world should be rejected.

Omnipresence is common to bhakti and jnAna.

If jnAna is fully established then one sees the entire world as Pure Consciousness. Again nothing in the world should be rejected or desired. 

Bhakti is simply the saguNa aspect of jnAna. In essence they are the same. 

Sva svarUpa anusandhAnam bhaktirabhidhIyate (Adi ShankarAcArya).
The knowledge of the true nature of the Self is bhakti.

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