Sree Krishna, the Lord of LovePremananda Bharati, Baba
Religion
Sree Krishna, the Lord of Love
Premananda Bharati, Baba
Krishna (Hindu deity)
Bhakti Yoga is concentration on the Deity through Devotion, the best and
highest form of Yoga, higher than all the other forms, as Krishna
Himself has said in the Bhagavat Gita Devotion is the full fruition of
spiritual concentration. A true devotee is the highest Yogi, for he is
filled with humility, and sincere, abject humility is the expression of
the sublimest spiritual nature; it is "the softened shadow" as the Lord
says, "that is cast by My Love." Sincere humility springs from the clear
realization of the Presence of God in everything, that the whole
universe is formed of the many forms of the One Form and its Radiance.
And with that never fading vision before the mind's eye, the devote
forgets himself and stoops low at the feet of every one and at
everything he sees, for he sees in them all his Deity.
Bhakti is of two kinds, Gnān-Bhakti and Prem-Bhakti. Gnān-Bhakti is
devotion aided by culture of wisdom, its Deity is some incarnation of
Vishnoo and its goal is the Abode of Vishnoo or the Essence of Vishnoo.
Prem Bhakti is devotion through Love—Causeless, Disinterested Love, love
for love's sake, and its Deity and Goal is Krishna—Absolute Love. The
Path of Prem Bhakti lies within the Path of Gnān Bhakti, but this Path
within the Path is hedged in high to shut out the view and sound of the
main path. The devotee of Prem Bhakti dedicates all his knowledge,
wisdom and actions to Krishna, the spring of all Wisdom and Actions, and
prays Krishna for His love, the luxury of loving Him for His dear sake.
The Prem Bhakta wants nothing from his Lord, no boon, no blessing,
material or celestial, not even Salvation or Mukti, nothing, nothing,
save—the blessing of being filled with love for Him. He prays to his
Lord: "O my Krishna! It matters not what betides my body, my life or my
earthly circumstances, or in what form of life I am reborn, even if it
be that of a worm, let my faith and love be fixed in Thee, my Beloved.
Whatever is there in all existence compared with the luxury of loving
Thee? Thou art the sum-total of the realization of all desires, of all
happiness, Thou, the Secret and Object of all our longings!"
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