Bhagavadgita -Radhakrishnan 214

The Bhagavadgita -S. Radhakrishnan

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CHAPTER 12
Worship of the Personal Lord is better than meditation of the Absolute


20. ye tu dharmyamrtam idam
yathohtam paryuuasate
sraddadhana mmattarama
bhaktcis te 'tiva me priyah
(20) But those who with faith, holding Me as their supreme aim, follow this immortal wisdom, those devotees are exceedingly dear to Me.
sraddadhana: (those) with faith. Before the experience arises the soul must have faith, which carries with it consent of mind and life. For those who have experience, it is a matter of sight : for others, it is faith, a call or a compulsion.
When we see the One Self in all things, equal-mindedness, freedom from selfish desires, surrender of our whole nature to the Indwelling Spirit and love for all arise. When these qualities are manifested, our devotion is perfect and we are God's own men. Our life then is guided not by the forces of attraction and repulsion, friendship and enmity, pleasure and pain, but by the single urge to give oneself to God and therefore to the service of the world which is one with God.[1]
iti ... bhaktiyogo nama dvadaso 'dhyayah
This is the twelfth chapter entitled The Yoga of Devotion.

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References and Context

  1. ↑ In the words of Tulsidas : "Grant me, 0 Master, by thy grace To follow all the good and pure, To be content with simple things; To use my fellows not as means but ends To serve them stalwartly, in thought, word, deed ; Never to utter word of hatred or of shame : To cast away all selfishness and pride : To speak no ill of others : To have a mind at peace, Set free from care, and led astray from thee Neither by happiness nor woe; Set thou my feet upon this path, And keep me steadfast in it, Thus only shall 1 please thee, serve thee right." M. K. Gandhi : Songs from Prison (1934), p. 52.

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The Bhagavadgita -S. Radhakrishnan
Chapter Chapter Name Page No.
Introductory Essay 1
1. The Hesitation and Despondency of Arjuna 63
2. Samkhya Theory and Yoga Practice 79
3. Karma Yoga or the Method of Work 107
4. The Way of Knowledge 124
5. True Renunciation 143
6. The True Yoga 152
7. God and the World 168
8. The Course of Cosmic Evolution 176
9. The Lord is more than His Creation 181
10. God is the Source of All; to Know Him is to Know All 192
11. The Lord's Transfiguration 200
12. Worship of the Personal Lord is better than meditation of the Absolute 211
13. The Body called the Field, the Soul called the Knower of the Field and Discrimination between them 215
14. The Mystical Father oF All Beings 222
15. The Tree of Life 227
16. The Nature of the Godlike and the Demoniac Mind 231
17. The Three Modes Applied to Religious Phenomena 235
18. Conclusion 239
19. Last Page 254
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