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'''''Prapatti''''' is the idea that "I am at His disposal and that He does His work, I am just a tool in His hands". | '''''Prapatti''''' is the idea that "I am at His disposal and that He does His work, I am just a tool in His hands". | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology and meaning == | ||
The word is derived as follows: "Pra+ – "pat" + "ktin" = "Prapatti".<ref name=AV /> | The word is derived as follows: "Pra+ – "pat" + "ktin" = "Prapatti".<ref name=AV /> It means "full self-submission". 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—<ref name="AV">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1|chapter=The Culmination of Devotion|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> | ||
<blockquote>. . .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</blockquote> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||