Sri Vallabhacharya - Pushti Darshan

20 Sri Vallabhacarya and his Doctrines
attain moksa by their own efforts. There is a samskara (sacrament) called Brahma-.sambandha which has
to be performed by the jiva (soul) to re-establish the lost contact with the Lord. to remove thereby the
weaknesses of his nature, and to qualify, himself fully for worship. The devotee, after performing this
sacrament. worships the Lord, making an unreserved use of hi own body and property, and thereby
destroys .samsara, which is of the from of. 'I' and 'mine' (i.e. ego-centric) .This sacrament can he
performed by all persons irrespective of caste and creed. The unreal samsara is thus removed by the
dedication of the body and wealth to the cause of the Lord. and not by the renunciation of the world. We are
told by the Acarya that in the Kaliyuga formal sanyasa.(monasticism) without the spirit of renunciation
detrimental to spiritual progress, and that it is justifiable only when one is unable to hear the pangs of
separation from the lord. The acarya himself took sanyasa in his last days, when he felt that he could not
live in the Lord and that family life was an impediment to the highest bliss, which he wished to enjoy in the
company of the Lord. The worship or the Lord requires the services of all the members of the family, and
they are promised the highest bliss that always results from worship or seva (service). This mode of service
makes the whole family free from worldly lies even when leading a householder's life, and their whole life
becomes divine The head of the family finds that some of the members or his family are not supporting him
in this, he advised to leave them and pas his time in .seva quite alone. The highest form of seva is mental;
in this stage the devotee thinks of the Lord alone.
The duties of four varnas and asramas cannot be satisfactorily performed in modern ties and if they are
carried out mechanically, they fail to give any reward. When there is a conflict between the
Bhagavad-dharma (the service m the Lord) and the varnasrama-dharma, a devotee or the Pusti-marga
must choose the former he may perform the duties of varnasrama when he finds leisure from his seva but
under no circumstance' at the cost of the service of the Lord. This is the real atma-dharma, duty relating to
the soul, while the duties of the varnas and