Bhakti Shatak Day5-Lec10
Bhakti Shatak - English
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1h 13m
God's Avatar serves "Jeeva Kalyan" (soul's welfare) by providing names, forms, and pastimes for Bhakti. Divine Leelas are often paradoxical, meant to be grasped fundamentally, not intellectually scrutinized, as Sati's confusion with Ram demonstrated. Her "test" of Ram, and Shiv's subsequent rejection, illustrate that questioning God's Leelas with limited intellect has consequences, serving as a teaching for human welfare. Ultimately, God and saints perform all actions for others' benefit, using Yoga Maya to facilitate divine pastimes
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