Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 12
Appendix:—In the worship of the attributeless Brahma, the worshipper who identifies himself with the body is Jiva (the embodied Soul), and if he renounces this identification, he is the worshipped one (Brahma). The assumed affinity with the body is the main obstacle in the identification of the Self with Brahma. Therefore for the body-conscious beings, the allurement with the attributeless Absolute is difficult and is delayed. But in the worship of God endowed with attributes, disinclination for God, rather than identification with the body, is the obstacle. Therefore the striver, who worships God endowed with attributes, having a disinclination for the world, inclines to God and instead of depending on the spiritual practice, depends on God. Therefore God delivers him quickly from the ocean of birth and death (Gita 1217, 8/14). This is the singularity of the worship to God _ endowed with attributes.
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