Bhakthi Margam

Hinduism speaks of many different paths to reach god. Bakthi is one of them. This path is the emotional and truthful way to a direct vision of Sarweswara and Sarweswari. All human beings have emotional feeling,but they should not be selfish.
For example Tulasidass a very famous saint was passionately  attached to his young wife. He loved her with all his heart and soul and could not stay away from her even for a day. Whenever she wanted to visit her parents Tulasidass would not allow her to go . The saint's wife was vexed with this and one day without informing her husband she went to her parents. Tulasidass found that his wife's was not home and went in search of her to his mother in law's place. Tulasidass 's wife felt extremely embarrassed at this and sadly said to her husband " shame on you ! you can not stay away from me even for a day! Had you been as attached to god as you are to me perhaps you would have seen God". This comment hurt his feelings. Immediately he left his wife and home and never returned.
He became a passionate lover of god and a famous saint. In due course he was blessed with a vision of god and wrote 'Ramayanam ' This epic emphasizes 'Bakthi path'.

Tulasidass's life is a beautiful example of how selfish and passionate love of the mundane can be sublimated and transformed into a love for God and a means for god realization. Bhakthi discipline consist of maintain physical and mental purity, Prayer - chanting slokas or Mantras,meditation, singing devotional songs and the adoration and worship of god. God himself said in Geetha " whoever has bhakthi on me he is my 'dhaasa' (servant). But I am ' Daasaanu dasa' to them ( servant to the servant)" Hence with the help of Bhakthi and spirutual attitudes the devotees' love for god becomes more and more mature and disciplined. It gradually purifies their mind and enables them to have the vision of god - the Sarweswara.

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