To go and say, "Lord, take care of this thing and give me that; Lord, I give you my little prayer and you give me this thing of daily necessity; Lord, cure my headache", and all that -- these are not Bhakti.
They are the lowest states of religion. They are the lowest form of Karma.
If a man uses all his mental energy in seeking to satisfy his body and its wants, show me the difference between him and an animal.
Bhakti is a higher thing, higher than even desiring heaven. The idea of heaven is of a place of intensified enjoyment. How can that be God?
- Swami Vivekananda,
On Bhakti-Yoga,
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
They are the lowest states of religion. They are the lowest form of Karma.
If a man uses all his mental energy in seeking to satisfy his body and its wants, show me the difference between him and an animal.
Bhakti is a higher thing, higher than even desiring heaven. The idea of heaven is of a place of intensified enjoyment. How can that be God?
- Swami Vivekananda,
On Bhakti-Yoga,
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
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