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'''''The Culmination of Devotion''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]]. This discourse is the seventh chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1]].<ref name="AV">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref>

''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—<ref name=AV />

<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>

The opposite feeling of ''Prapatti'' is "viprapatti". Here a person feels it is "I" who does everything – and no one else.<ref name=AV />

<blockquote>The beginning point of prapattiváda is "I am, Thou art, and Thou art mine." The culminating point of prapattiváda is "Thou art, O my Lord, Thou art."</blockquote>