Sri Vallabhacharya - Pushti Darshan

The Pusti-marga 31
Samsara, and the last type, looked upon as the highest form of worship, accomplishes the realization of
God. The whole life must be the life of an ideal servant of God. He must not mind any thing other than the
Lord: His is the life of complete self-surrender and devotion The Lord, on his part, is sure to help such a
man, who has renounced everything only for His sake.
In case, the aspirant cannot find a qualified preceptor, he is advised by Vallabha to create an image or God
for himself and pass the rest of his life. in the worship of that image. 18 Vallabha undoubtedly possessed all
the necessary qualifications of a Guru and therefore performed the initiatory rite in an cases. Even now, the
practice is that the ceremony of Brahma- Sambandha is performed by the descendants of Vallabha,
although Vallabha has nowhere said that the ceremony should be perfomed by his own descendants.
Sometimes a charge of sensualism is levelled against Vallabha and his system. It is not possible to discuss
the question in all its aspects within the small compass of this article, but it is sufficient to remark that
Vallabha, wherever he gets an opportunity, has made abundantly clear that sensualism has no place i n his
system. He, in one place, 11 says that God will never enter into the heart of those who are slaves of
passion. When dedication of everything to God does not leave scope for man's individualism.. it is
impossible for him to run any risk on his own account. Some of the descendants of Vallabha have written
mall works in order to show that passion is most detrimental to spiritual progress. 211
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