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Obstacles in Bhakti
“O Bhârat (Arjun)! Know me to be the kshetrajna in every kshetra. The
knowledge about kshetra 1 and kshetrajna 2 is true knowledge. This is my
opinion.”
When we gain knowledge about kshetra and kshetrajna, we realize that we
are not this body. We realize our identity. Then we start on the path of
bhakti.
After this Sri Bhagavân is again saying in Bhagavad-Gitâ -
“We should not expect honor, we should be without material pride, be nonviolent,
forgiving and simple. We should serve Sri Gurudev, be pure, have
unwavering determination, self-control, renouncement, without a false ego,
feel sorrow that living beings suffer birth, death, disease and old age and be
materially detached. We should not think the spouse and children to be our
property, be balanced in profit and loss, have singular devotion for me and
live in a pure and secluded place. He should dislike mingling with material
people, be always immersed in studying and practicing spiritualism and
discuss only the necessary Truth. I classify all of these as ‘knowledge’.
Anything other than this is ‘ignorance’.”
This verse of Sri Bhagavad-Gitâ makes it clear that the one who behaves in
this manner is a true ‘gyâni’ 3 . He, who considers himself non-different from
Sri Bhagavân, is not a ‘gyâni’. Every sâdhak must try to imbibe the above
qualities. However, once we gain bhakti, these qualities come naturally to us.
Now let us discuss the topic of renunciation.
Renunciation is of five types:
1. Phalgu (like the Phalgu river)
2. Shushka (dry)
3. Markat (like a monkey)
4. Shmashân (crematorium)
5. Yukta (renunciation coupled with bhakti)
1 Kshetra –living beings
2 Kshetrajna – One Who knows the living entity; the Witness; Sri Krishna Who is present
within us in the form of the Supreme Soul.
3 Wise
Renunciation
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