[Advaita-l] Bhakti and Jnana

[kuntimaddi sadananda]

PraNAms

In Vivekachudamani Shankara defines Bhakti as

mokshakaaraNa saamaagryaam bhaktireva gariiyasi|
swaswaruupaanusandhaanaam bhaktirityabhidhiiyate||

Swaamtaanubhavasandhaanam bhaktiriti aparejaguH||

Of all the paths for moksha, bhakti is the supreme. - that bhakti is defined as swa swaruupa anusandhaanaam - contemplation on the intrinsic nature of one's own self. Others say that Bhakti is realization of owns own self. 

>From this from the point of advaita, ultimate bhakti is not different from jnaana. 

Hari Om!
Sadananda


--- On Wed, 2/8/12, rajaramvenk at gmail.com <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:


> I hear para bhakti being equated to
> jnana. I would like to know how otherwise they can be
> equated. They are two different words with distinctly
> different meanings.