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The opposite feeling of ''Prapatti'' is "viprapatti". Here a person feels it is "I" who does everything – and no one else.<ref name=AV />
The opposite feeling of ''Prapatti'' is "viprapatti". Here a person feels it is "I" who does everything – and no one else.<ref name=AV />
"Prapatti" is a very important theme in Vaeśńavism and Sufism. An expression of Prapatti may be seen in the following Bengali devotional song—
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! Bengali script
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Sakali tomár icchá,
Iccámayii tárá tumi,
Tomár karma tumi karo Má,
Loke bole kari ámi.
Paunke baddha karo karii
Paungure laungháo giri.
Káre dáo má Brahmapada
Káre karo adhogámii.
Ámi yantra tumi yantrii
Ámi ghar tumi gharańii
Ámi ratha tumi rathii má
Jemon cáláo temni cali.
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সকলি তোমারই ইচ্ছা
ইচ্ছাময়ী তারা তুমি
তোমার কর্ম তুমি করো মা
লোকে বলে করি আমি
পঙ্কে বদ্ধ করো করী
পঙ্গুরে লংঘাও গিরি
কারে দাও মা ব্রহ্মপদ
কারে করো অধোগামী
আমি যন্ত্র তুমি যন্ত্রী
আমি ঘর তুমি ঘরণী
আমি রথ তুমি রথী মা
যেমন চালাও তেমনি চলি
</poem>
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Everything is your wish,
All wishes originate from you,
You do all action,
But people say, ‘I do.’
“You get elephants caught in mud
While enabling the lame to cross the mountain.
To some you give mokśa,
While you make others depraved.
“I am the machine,
You are the mechanic,
I am the house, You are the dweller,
I am the chariot, You are the charioteer,
And I move as You wish.
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There is another similar Bengali devotional song—<ref name=AV />
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Man gariiber kii doś áche?
Tumi jádugarer meye Shyámá,
Tumi jemon nácáo temni náci.
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| <poem>
মন গরীবের কী দোষ আছে?
তুমি জাদুগরের মেয়ে শ্যামা
তুমি যেমন নাচাও তেমনি নাচি
</poem>
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What is the fault of the poor mind?
O Shyámá, Thou art the Supreme Magician.
We simply dance according to your tune.
</poem>
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According to Anandamurti—
According to Anandamurti—

Revision as of 05:34, 24 February 2015

The Culmination of Devotion
Speaker Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Date 1978 August 11
Place Patna
Included in Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
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The Culmination of Devotion is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. This discourse is the seventh chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1.[1]

Synopsis

Prapatti is the idea that "I am at His disposal and that He does His work, I am just a tool in His hands". The word is derived as follows: "Pra+ – "pat" + "ktin" = "Prapatti". A practitioner of "Prapatti" does not see difference between "sorrow" and "joy' and accepts both with equanimity, He considers himself as a tool in the hands of Parama Purusa and feels—[1]

. . .everything is being done by His wish, that it is by His grace that He is using me as a tool, that He may or may not use me as a tool, but ‘His will be done

The opposite feeling of Prapatti is "viprapatti". Here a person feels it is "I" who does everything – and no one else.[1]

According to Anandamurti—

The beginning point of prapattiváda is "I am, Thou art, and Thou art mine." The culminating point of prapattiváda is "Thou art, O my Lord, Thou art."

The presence of “I am” is essential for prapattiváda in the beginning; but gradually it changes to “Tvamasi, Tvaḿ Hi, Tvaḿ Hi” in the end.

References

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Citations

  1. ^ a b c Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1 

Footnotes


Preceded by
The Three Factors for Spiritual Elevation 		Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
1978
With: The Culmination of Devotion 		Succeeded by
"Mayametam Taranti Te" - 2 / The Nectar Beyond Maya
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 12
Part 33
Part 34
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