Jaya Guru Datta >From Sadguru Sukti Sangraha of Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji
Sharanagati (The Path of Surrender) Among the four paths for self-perfection and release from the worldly bondage viz. jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, karma yoga and prapatti yoga shown by the Geetaachaarya, prapatti orÊ sharanagati i.e. the yoga of surrender is most suited for the present-day man. The path of surrender does not require an extremely sharp intellect which is needed for pursuing the path of knowledge (jnana yoga). It also does not require the supreme love for God which is the essence of the path of devotion (bhakti yoga). It also does not involve any action to be converted into yoga of action, as propounded in the scriptures. Yet, the path of surrender (prapatti) possesses the main characteristics of all the three. Extreme discrimination is necessary to decide as to whom to surrender and how to surrender. Surrender becomes lifeless if there is diluted love for the Supreme. Therefore, the element of love is also present in the path of prapatti. A sharanaagata or prapanna i.e., the one he who has surrendered, is not a log of wood. He discharges all his duties Ð social, moral and religious, as an instrument of the Divine. Surrendering totally oneÕs body, mind and intellect at the feet of the lord is a true surrender. In the life of sharanaagata, there has to be no element of ego whatsoever. It has been rightly said, Ôto approach and enter the door of Divine, one must become nakedÕ i.e. stripped of the ego. ÔSarva dharma paritajya, maamekam saranam vrajah.Ó In Datta Seva Hanuman ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AQDrNC/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
