Amongst the Four Paths to Godhead, Bhakti Yoga is declared to be supreme.
Great is Union via Wisdom
Great also the Path of Action
Psychic Control is also sublime
Greater is this Union via Love !
Evam bhoothathaya hi bhakthibhihito
Yoga sa yogadvayath
Karma Jnana Dwayath Bhrisothara matharo
Yogeeswarair geeyathe !
Jnana Yoga describes Thee in Totality
While Bhakti Yoga extolls Thee !
Thou who art Universal Beauty
Thou whose light kindles the Universe
Thou who art Love Absolute !
Soundarsya rasatmake thava khalu prema prakarshatmika
Bhaktir Nishramameva ! Vishwa Purushai !
Labhya Rama Vallabha !
In Bhakti Yoga, Self Actualisation
Is attained by Thy Grace !
Effortlessly it comes to one
Who rids his mind of sins
” Work is Worship’, ‘ Duty is divine”
This is the rationale of Karma Yoga
But its result is distant and far !
Nishkamam niyathaswadharma charanam
Yat karma yogabhitam
Thaddoorethya phalam, yadaupanishada
Jnanam cha labhyam puna
Jnana Yoga is indeed great
But its principles are incomprehensible !
Upanishadic thoughts are known
For their philosophic subtlety
Mind cannot comprehend
A state beyond Mind
An Overmind or a Supermind !
Hence the greatest Yoga, therefore, is
Bhakti Yoga supreme !
Thathvavyakthathaya sudurgamacharam
Chittasya thasmath Vibho
Thval prematmaka bhaktireva sathatham
Swadeeyasee Sreyasee !
( Mahakavi Melpathur - Narayaneeyam )
Bhagavan Shankara also said it
Mokshakarana samagryam
Bhakthir eva gareeyasi
The great poets used to say that Jnana Yoga is the wife and Bhakti Yoga is the lover !
Brahmathine kayyil eduthu bhaktik
Ammanamadan kazhiyunnuvatre
Jnanathinanengil Mukundapada
Renukkal Kanan kazhiyunnathalla
Mukthikku kattathe rahasyamayi
Ttetho chamatkara rasangalellam
Bhaktikku nalkunnoru jarabhavam
Brahmathil undenthu paranjidunnu !
Jarabhavam is the aspect of some ladies who reveal their secrets to the lover and not to the husband ! The wise say such a jarabhavam exists in the Lord !
There are always two meanings in spirituality. One the gross, the outer and the subtle, the inner.
Bahya Abyanthara bhedath dwividha.
The subtle or the inner meaning is imparted by the Guru to the disciple.
The mystic meaning of SAI BABA is Sai and I Are Both Being and Awareness ( Sat Chit Ananda ) and He moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform.
What is this Being- Awareness - Bliss ? Let us hear what Aurobindo said ” The ancient Sages spoke indeed of Ultimate Reality negatively.They said it is not This, it is not That ( Neti, Neti ). At the same time they took care to speak of it positively. They said It is This, It is That, It is All. ( Sarvam Brahmamayam ). Brahman, the Absolute, they said is Mind, is Matter, is Energy, is Supermind, is Cosmic Delight, is Sat Chit Ananda. But then Brahman the Absolute cannot be defined by any of these terms, not even by our broadest conception of Absolute Knowledge ( Sat ), Absolute Knowlege ( Chit ) and Absolute Bliss ( Ananda ).
Relative Being (the Ego, Universe and the Relative Supreme) are nothing but Apara Brahman.
Absolute Being is Para Brahman. We are dealing with two realities here, first the Absolute aspect of Brahman, supracosmic, transcendental and eternal and that of Brahman in Maya or Avidya, cosmic, temporal and relative.
Dwavumau Purushau loke
Kshara Akshara eva cha
Kshara Sarvani Bhootani
Kootasthoksharam uchyathe
Relative sciences are Apara Vidya and the Science of the Absolute is Para Vidya.
Ithee yad brahmavido vadanti Para chaiv Apara cha
Aurobindo’s Dialectical Integralism is at par with Hegelian Dialectical Idealism and Marxist Dialectical Materialism !.
Sai’s path is Bridal Mysticism, that of conquering the world through Love. He says Jesus conquered by Love, Mohammed conquered by Love, Moses, Aurobindo and Vivekananda conquered by Love. Sai is a bit controversial here when he says Ramana Maharshi’s method of Koham? ( Who am I ?) is difficult and cannot be practised easily, as we are sunk in the quagmire of worldliness. Love is simple Wisdom, Love is the Forgiver, Love is the Redeemer and the highest Wisdom is Love !.
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