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"Prapatti" is a very important theme in Vaeśńavism and Sufism. An expression of Prapatti may be seen in the following Bengali devotional song— | "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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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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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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== References == | == References == |
Revision as of 06:49, 24 November 2014
The Culmination of Devotion | |
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Speaker | Shrii Shrii Anandamurti |
Date | 1978 August 11 |
Place | Patna |
Included in | Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1 |
Location in Sarkarverse |
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—
. . .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.
"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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Sakali tomár icchá, |
Everything is your wish, |
References
- ^ Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
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Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1 With: The Culmination of Devotion |
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