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**VarenHokalos** · 11-14-2007, 05:32 PM

Dear Sri Nacchinarkiniyan Ji,

Thank you for respoding to my question about Gnana Marga above. Now I have a question about this posting:

These other kinds of Bhakthis towards mortals, such as the four you cite - what is the responsibility of such a Bhaktha when they see adharma on the part of those so venerated.

If one witnesses, for example one's father killing a person, what should the person do. To bring it to more ordinary human terms, if my parents ill treat my wife for example, what should be my course of action?

Pranams,
KRS

Now back to Bhakti. Everyone knows about Bhakti and so what is new about it?

Bhakti or devotion is as old as humanity since it is a human feeling. Bhakti could be

Mathru Bhakti
Pithru Bhakti
Guru Bhakti
Raja Bhakti and so on.

We will be talking about Bhakti as a means of salvation. Only Bhakti towards God. This does not mean that the other kinds of Bhakti are not important, or they do not lead to Mukti. They are all important, but I will be posting mostly about Devotion to God.

We have all experienced Bhakti. We pray to many Gods/Goddesses. Many of us believe in praying to a particular deity for a particular benefit. For example Lakshmi for wealth, Saraswati for education and so on.

These prayers for Karya siddhi. There is no doubt that these play a important role in our early life and later on also. But to attain salvation we have to go beyond this.

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VarenHokalos Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 356 Senior Member	Dear Sri Nacchinarkiniyan Ji, Thank you for respoding to my question about Gnana Marga above. Now I have a question about this posting: These other kinds of Bhakthis towards mortals, such as the four you cite - what is the responsibility of such a Bhaktha when they see adharma on the part of those so venerated. If one witnesses, for example one's father killing a person, what should the person do. To bring it to more ordinary human terms, if my parents ill treat my wife for example, what should be my course of action? Pranams, KRS Now back to Bhakti. Everyone knows about Bhakti and so what is new about it? Bhakti or devotion is as old as humanity since it is a human feeling. Bhakti could be Mathru Bhakti Pithru Bhakti Guru Bhakti Raja Bhakti and so on. We will be talking about Bhakti as a means of salvation. Only Bhakti towards God. This does not mean that the other kinds of Bhakti are not important, or they do not lead to Mukti. They are all important, but I will be posting mostly about Devotion to God. We have all experienced Bhakti. We pray to many Gods/Goddesses. Many of us believe in praying to a particular deity for a particular benefit. For example Lakshmi for wealth, Saraswati for education and so on. These prayers for Karya siddhi. There is no doubt that these play a important role in our early life and later on also. But to attain salvation we have to go beyond this.
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