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A MONTHLY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF SPIRITUALIDEAS AND LOVE FOR GOD

Vol. 53 June 2008 No. 9

Guests of ›abar∂

∑¢§Œ ◊Í‹ »§‹ ‚È⁄U‚ •ÁÃ ÁŒ∞ ⁄UÊ◊ ∑§„È°U •ÊÁŸ– ¬˝◊ ‚Á„UÃ ¬˝÷È πÊ∞ ’Ê⁄¢U’Ê⁄U ’πÊÁŸH

(

Månasa

III. 34)She brought and offered to ›r∂ Råma, the most deliciousbulbs, roots and fruits. The Lord partook of them withgreat relish praising again and again.

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1.Guests of ›abar∂...8132.The Philosophy of Worship

óBrahmalina Sri Jayadayal Goyandka

...8153.Pleasure and Pain

óBrahmalina Swami Ramsukhdas

...8204.Unto Bliss

óNityalilalina Sri Hanumanprasad Poddar...

8245.Upåsanå

óSwami Sivananda...

8276.Såk¶∂ Gopåla

óSri Parameswar Brahmachari...

8327.The World.....from Desires

óSri Paramahansa Yogananda

...8378.Aids to RealizationóThe Ideal of ›ivaó

Swami Rama Tirtha

...

8399.Read and Digest...84510.Doing Good to Others

óLi Hong Chong

...84611.Uniqueness of Manó

D. V. Sahani...

84812.Spiritual Evolution

óSwami Rama-Rama

...84913.Service and Humilityó

Swami Akhandanand Saraswatiji Maharaj

...85214.Muråsura Sa≈håra L∂lå

óDr. Mukunda Pati Tripathi ëRatnamaliyaí...

85315.Devoteeís Sincere Supplication...85616.The Place....an Idealistó

P. S. Ramanathan...

85717.Self-Surrenderó

Laljiram Shukla

...86118.The Crest-Fallenó

Amolok Ram

...86519.Lord ›iva as Dak¶iƒåmµurtió

Rukmini Ramamurthy

...86820.Påta¤jala Yoga-Sµutrasó

N. S. Pandya

...87121.Twenty Important Spiritual Instructionsó

Swami Sivananda Saraswati...

874

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1.Lord ›r∂ Vi¢¢hala (Cover)2.Guests of ›abar∂

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The Philosophy of Worship

óBrahmalina Sri Jayadayal Goyandka

(Continued from 754)

His consciousness, too, is of a singular type. Everythingthat exists in our body is inconscient, and the principle thatknows them alone is conscious. That which is knowable isinconscient, objective: it cannot know the Self. Hands andfeet, for instance, know not the Self: the Self, however,knows them. It is the Self that knows everything: knowledgeis its very essence. Even God who is omnipresent consistsof knowledge. Every inch of space is occupied by Him.There is no nook or corner which is devoid of Him. Thatis why the

›ruti

describes Him as

‚àÿ¢ ôÊÊŸ◊ŸãàÊ¢ ’˝rÊÔ

ëBrahma

(God) is Truth Absolute, Knowledge Absolute,and Infinite.íAttracted by the love of His devotees and with a viewto redeeming them, the self-same

Brahma

manifests Itself asan embodied Being and appears before them. It is somethingbeyond the range of human intellect to describe the manifestforms of the Lord, which are innumerable. He manifestsHimself in the same form in which a devotee likes to seeHim. The Lord is not independent in the matter of assuminga particular form: it is His loving devotee who is responsiblefor His manifestation. Arjuna, for example, expressed adesire to behold His Universal form in the first instance,then His celestial form endowed with four arms, and last of all His human form with two arms only. The Blessed Lord,in order to fulfil the desire of His beloved devotee, appearedbefore him in all these forms successively within a short time