Devotion (in Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1): Difference between revisions

{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=What is then the most precious thing in human life? It is devotion. If one has gotten devotion, one has gotten everything, and nothing remains unrealized. Devotees have to serve the Lord.=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}On this discourse Anandamurti is explaining a shloka: Bhaktirbhagavato sevá bhaktih premasvarúpińii,Bhaktiránandarúpá ca bhaktih bhaktasya jiivanam. [[Bhakti]] means calling the Suprem with sincere love and devotion. Serving Bhagavan (He who possesses these qualities: aeshvarya, pratapa, yasha, shrii, jinana and vaeragya) means serving Hi's creation. Anandamurti then explains the seven qualities, for example the term "Yasha" means that with Hi's appearance, the world becomes polarized into moral versus immoral people. He goes on saying that devotion is the essence of life for a devotee, the pure love of heart which accelerates one's movement towards God and it's feasible expression is the service to all created beings.<ref name="AV1"/>