The Culmination of Devotion
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—
Roman script[nb 1] | Bengali script | Translation |
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Sakali tomár icchá, |
সকলি তোমারই ইচ্ছা |
Everything is your wish, |
There is another similar Bengali devotional song—
|- ! Roman script ! Bengali script ! Translation |-
|Man gariiber kii doś áche?
Tumi jádugarer meye Shyámá,
Tumi jemon nácáo temni náci.
মন গরীবের কী দোষ আছে?
তুমি জাদুগরের মেয়ে শ্যামা
তুমি যেমন নাচাও তেমনি নাচি
What is the fault of the poor mind?
O Shyámá, Thou art the Supreme Magician.
We simply dance according to your tune.
References
Citations
- ^ Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
Footnotes
- ^ For details on the notation, see Roman Bengali transliteration.
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 |