Pleasing the Lord

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Pleasing the Lord
Speaker Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Date 1978 August 19
Place Patna, India
Topic With only one thought in the mind can one attain Parama Purusa
Included in Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
Location in Sarkarverse
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Pleasing the Lord is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti on 1978 August 19 in Patna, India. This discourse is the sixteenth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1.[1]

Synopsis

Bhakti is greater than jinana and karma. What is bhakti? The root word bhaj and the suffix ktin make the word bhakti. Bhaj means moving towards that Supreme Entity without any second thought. When all your sentiments, all your aspirations, move towards that Singular Entity without any second thought, then that psychic movement of yours if called bhakti.

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that among the three ways to achieve salvation, bhakti is the best. He then explains the meaning of the term bhakti: moving towards Parama Brahma without any second thought in the mind. Anandamurti goes on explaining the difference between raganuga and ragatmika bhakti. In ragatmika bhakti, the sole desire of the devotee is to please the Lord.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1 
Preceded by
Even Middle-Men Differ
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1
With: Pleasing the Lord
Succeeded by
Opening, Not Closing, the Heart With Kiirtana