--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Madhuri and Mohan <m_raghavan@xxxx> wrote: > Dear Madhusudhanan, > > Neither prapatti nor the formal practice of Bhakthi Yo:ga can assure > anyone of mo:ksha. Mo:ksha is solely the gift of the Lord Himself, out > of His Boundless Compassion, and only at a time when He feels that an > invidual is ready for it. Dear Srimn Mohan, While we need not be bothered about both prapatti and bhakti as upAyas, I have one doubt out of academic interest. If we look into SrImad bhAgavatam and history, many people who practised bhakti yOga (though not as upAya - according to our school of thought) are not brahimns. Even today, vaishNavas of other schools of thought, for whom bhakti is an upAya, are not necessarily brahimns. Then how do we say only brahmin males are fit for it? dasan Vishnu > > The challenge with Bhakthi Yo:ga is that it can only belong to a few, > namely qualified Brahmin males who are well-suited to live a life > of > strict discipline, meditation, and practice; those with the tenacity to > be able to forsake material comforts and wordly obligations and focus > only on the goal of achieving salvation, despite the knowledge that such > salvation can only be given at the time the Lord feels that one is > ready. Needless to say, this path is filled with many obstacles and > hardships, and is virtually impossible in this day and age. > Consequently, prapatti is afforded to everyone, irrespective of race, > caste, or gender, as the only method for one seeking Connection to the > Divine. > >
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