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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
ment, ardour;
fiti: thus;: Paaraasarya :
son of the sage Parasara.
Ardour in worship and similar performances is
the chief characteristic of the love of God or the mark
of devotion according to the sage, Sri Vyasa.
Worship ranges from the worship of an image as
a symbol of God to the worship of Virat, Hiranya-
garbha, etc.
Worship should be both external and internal or
mental (Manasic Pooja).
When the devotee develops attachment for wor-
ship of God, his mind will automatically withdraw it-
self from the objects of the world.
Those who perform worship of God attain the
Supreme, eternal and blissful abode of God.
The devotee establishes identity with the Abso-
lute through rigorous and constant meditation. This
is the highest form of worship.
The worship is offered to the Lord within us.
This is also internal worship. Internal worship or
Manasic Pooja is more powerful than the external
worship with flowers, etc. Bheema did manasic pooja.
It was more powerful than the external worship done
by Arjuna.
Poosalan Nayanar, one of the Tamil saints out
of the sixty-three Tamil Saints who are adored
in all Siva temples, mentally constructed a temple for
Siva in his village, Tiruninnravur. It took for him
three years to construct the temple mentally.
He
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
ment, ardour;
fiti: thus;: Paaraasarya :
son of the sage Parasara.
Ardour in worship and similar performances is
the chief characteristic of the love of God or the mark
of devotion according to the sage, Sri Vyasa.
Worship ranges from the worship of an image as
a symbol of God to the worship of Virat, Hiranya-
garbha, etc.
Worship should be both external and internal or
mental (Manasic Pooja).
When the devotee develops attachment for wor-
ship of God, his mind will automatically withdraw it-
self from the objects of the world.
Those who perform worship of God attain the
Supreme, eternal and blissful abode of God.
The devotee establishes identity with the Abso-
lute through rigorous and constant meditation. This
is the highest form of worship.
The worship is offered to the Lord within us.
This is also internal worship. Internal worship or
Manasic Pooja is more powerful than the external
worship with flowers, etc. Bheema did manasic pooja.
It was more powerful than the external worship done
by Arjuna.
Poosalan Nayanar, one of the Tamil saints out
of the sixty-three Tamil Saints who are adored
in all Siva temples, mentally constructed a temple for
Siva in his village, Tiruninnravur. It took for him
three years to construct the temple mentally.
He