Friday, January 25, 2019

Ishta - The Chosen Way

Just as there are certain varieties in human nature, so it is necessary that there should be an equal number of forms in religion; and the more there are, the better for the world. 
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Would to God that religions multiplied until every man had his own religion, quite separate from that of any other! 
This is the idea of the Bhakti-Yogi.

The final idea is that my religion cannot be yours, or yours mine. Although the goal and the aim are the same, yet each one has to take a different road, according to the tendencies of his mind; … … 
The choosing of one's own road is called in the language of Bhakti, Ishta, the chosen way. 

                  - Swami Vivekananda, 
                    Addresses on Bhakti-Yoga, New York


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