www.sryogajnanashram.com LESSON 18 BHAKTI Yogam - Dhyanam - Jnanam Series

Lesson 18 realization or samadhi brahma randra in subtle form. If BHAKTI Even though they all seem to one enters it through brahma be different, the end result is randra one can see the entire Bhakti means love. There for a devotee to see the out- universe. This is called ananya need to be the lover, devotee side God within oneself and bhakti. So if yogam is added to and the loved God for love to merge with him. This is called bahya bhakti it becomes ananya exist. Normally people think bhakti. ananya bhakti. Some devotees https://chat.whatsapp.com/GVC in bhakti, both are permanent. spend their entire life in wor- VGhbhlgNKGQYAhuQAbU True purpose of bhakti is to shipping God with rituals merge the impermanent devo- without realizing this truth. tee into the permanent God. Volume 1, Issue 16&17 The only way to get out of Vivekachudamani states that Publication Date this ‘mudha bhakti’, unintelli- bhakti is the best implement gent devotion is to seek a February 25, 2020 for liberation. To merge into Sadguru and to be with spiri- one own self is bhakti. But

tual people and in search of due to ignorance the external This yogam or pranayama is truth. facing jiva worships Ishwara taught by Srikrishna to externally with names and We said earlier that bhakti is Uddhava.

forms. This external bhakti love. People love their

Even if the devotee is perform- became the nine fold devo- spouse, children etc, but if

ing idol worship he is in antar- tional paths. you notice one does not jump

mukha if he is practicing into the fire or well, even if

‘sravanam, keertanam, yogam. they see their loved one fal- vishno: smaranam, pada seva-

ling. That shows every loves Famous devotees like Prahlada, nam, archanam, vandanam,

something more than they Vidura, Uddhava, Akrura, Ar- dasyam, sakhya mathma nive-

love all others. That is their juna etc., attained liberation danam’ own prana. But they are loos- after Srikrishna imparted the Sri Antarmukhananda Swami Shravanam — Listening to ing some of their prana with knowledge of yogam. All of the names of and stories of every respiration. Every one them started off with bahya God is afraid of loosing their life, bhakti attained the state of Other Articles: Keertanam — Chanting or but they are not doing any- ananya bhakti with the help of Science of Yogam 1 singing about praise of God thing about it. yogam thereby attained moksha. The one that makes conscious So yogi is the devotee, yogi is Smaranam — Remembering Physiology of Pranayama 2 God at all times effort to protect their own karma yogi, yogi becomes the prana is the real lover, a true wise man. All these are not dif- Paada sevanam — Serving devotees also. ferent from each other. Just like Yogam, Energy, Salvation 3 God’s feet. A yogi is one who is aware of to light a lamp one needs the Archanam — Worshiping this loss of prana and is put- lamp, oil, wick, fire and the one Concentration & Meditation 4 God ting in efforts to contain it. who lights the lamp, all are part Vandanam — Praying God Bahya bhakti becomes ananya of the same goal. Yoga & Bhakti Yogam 5 with total submission bhakti for these yogis. These yoga practitioners look Yoga vs Yogam 6 Daasyam — Serving God like ‘tasyante sushiragm different with different ways, a servant. sukshmam tasmin sarvam like Meerabai, Tyagaraja, pratishtitam’ mantra pushpam Chaitanya prabhu, Namdev, Yogi & Diet 7 Sakhyam — Developing a Tukaram. They rejoiced their loving friendship with God the spinal cord in the back- bone, is called sushumna nadi yoga sadhana danced and sang Aatma Nivedanam — Surren- or brahma nadi. At its tip in in ecstatic bliss. dering oneself to God; Self- between eyebrows there is