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19. BHAKTI THE BEST MEANS.
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Trisatyam The three eternal truths are (1)
Jnana, (2) Karma and (3) Bhakti. God is love, good-
ness and truth. God is experienced by the devotee as
love. God is experienced by the Karma Yogin as
goodness. God is experienced by the Gyani as Truth.
Narada says that the first is better than any other.
According to all the three forms of Truth prac-
tised through the body, speech and mind, the path of
devotion is the best path, it is the best.
Truth as practised through the body, speech and
mind is called the three forms of truth.
The Holy
Rishi Narada has realised the superiority of devotion
from the standpoint of all these three Truths.
In the 12th chapter of Gita, Lord Krishna says,
""The devotee is Yukta Tama" the best and highest
among those who are united to Him.
"Among all Yogis he who, full of faith, with his
inner Self merged in Me, worships me, he is deemed
by Me to be the most divine." Gita, VI. 47. Thus the
Bhakta is given the highest place.
Para Bhakti and Jnana are one. Para Bhakti is
superior to Mukhya Bhakti even. In Para Bhakti the
devotee is one with his higher Self. The object of his
love now is not the Personal God but the Absolute.
The devotee now passes beyond time, space and
causation, beyond the three Gunas, beyond the three
states of waking, dream and deep sleep, even beyond
the Triputi or subject-object relationship. He realises
his oneness with the Lord.
201
Trisatyam The three eternal truths are (1)
Jnana, (2) Karma and (3) Bhakti. God is love, good-
ness and truth. God is experienced by the devotee as
love. God is experienced by the Karma Yogin as
goodness. God is experienced by the Gyani as Truth.
Narada says that the first is better than any other.
According to all the three forms of Truth prac-
tised through the body, speech and mind, the path of
devotion is the best path, it is the best.
Truth as practised through the body, speech and
mind is called the three forms of truth.
The Holy
Rishi Narada has realised the superiority of devotion
from the standpoint of all these three Truths.
In the 12th chapter of Gita, Lord Krishna says,
""The devotee is Yukta Tama" the best and highest
among those who are united to Him.
"Among all Yogis he who, full of faith, with his
inner Self merged in Me, worships me, he is deemed
by Me to be the most divine." Gita, VI. 47. Thus the
Bhakta is given the highest place.
Para Bhakti and Jnana are one. Para Bhakti is
superior to Mukhya Bhakti even. In Para Bhakti the
devotee is one with his higher Self. The object of his
love now is not the Personal God but the Absolute.
The devotee now passes beyond time, space and
causation, beyond the three Gunas, beyond the three
states of waking, dream and deep sleep, even beyond
the Triputi or subject-object relationship. He realises
his oneness with the Lord.