Bhakti lata

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1. Seeds are planted in a land but there are lot of weeds which keep
on growing . The weeds are like attachment to the material world.
2. But just as how a fish cant be a enjoyer in land, our attempts in
the material world to be happy is impossible , as its contradicts the
nature of jiva.
3. When the jiva tries to enjoy independant of the lord he accepts the
ahankar , this is called ignorance. To come out of this ignorance we
have to
* know that we are not the body
* realize that we are not the enjoyer but the supreme lord is the enjoyer.
4. When we strive for our enjoyment we get suffering . So we give up
all our enjoyment and try to give enjoyment to the lord by which we
get bliss.
5. It is difficult to remove the weeds one by one as it will again
rise up so we have to remove the root which is ignorance. For which we
have several process like jnana and yoga and bhakthi.
6. In jnana one destroys the false conception of we are the body , in
yoga one stops the mind from material conscious. In bhakthi it is to
activate our relationship with the supreme lord , for that faith is
the qualification , after which we engage ourselves in the service of
the lord.
- HH.Bhanu Swami Maharaj ( SB#5.14.3)
Source# SB notes from Priyadarshini Mataji