[Advaita-l] Fwd: Omnipresence

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste ji

On Thu, 30 Jul, 2020, 1:30 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Madhusudana Saraswati has specified three stages in the evolution of
> Bhakti:  1. Tasayivaaham (I am His alone)  2. Mamaivaasau (He is mine
> alone) and 3. Sa evaaham (I am He alone).  Thus in the last stage, the
> devotee can't bear any difference from his beloved, Bhagavan.
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> In the Srimadbhagavatam is this famous verse:
>
> आत्मारामाश्च मुनयो निर्ग्रन्था अप्युरूक्रमे। कुर्वन्त्यहैतुकीं
> भक्तिमित्थंभूतगणो हरिः।।भागवत 1/6/19
>
> There are those sages who are completely absorbed in the Atman and are free
> of any bondage (free of any books).  Even such exalted ones are devoted to
> Bhagavan for no reason whatsoever. Such is the magnetic nature of the Lord.
>
> Of course a Jnani can engage in a bhakti with the 'bheda' bhava fully
> conscious of it.  द्वैतं बन्धाय बोधात्प्राक्, बोधे सति पूजार्थं कल्पितं
> द्वैतम् अद्वैतादपि सुन्दरम्  are said to be the words of Sri Madhusudana
> Saraswati.
>
> ['dvaita', duality, is what bondage is, before ātmajnāna. However, when
> there is realization, that duality that is imagined by the Jnani for the
> purpose of pūjā, is a matter of revelry and surpasses even the beauty of
> advaita.]
>
> regards
> subbu
>

Thank you for the excellent quotes and references from Bhagavatam and Sri MS



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