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Pushti Marg |
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The
love
of
the
Gopis
for
Lord
Krishna
is
the
essence
of
love,
the
purest
and
truest
form
of
love.
Shri
Krishna’s
dance
with
the
Gopis
represents
the
desire
of
souls
for
oneness
with
the
Lord.
The
Gopis
live
only
for
Shri
Krishna’s
love.
They
live
in
the
world,
are
married
and
have
children
but
none
of
this
means
anything
to
them.
The
only
thing
that
matters
to
them
is
love
of
Shri
Krishna.
Social
rules
and
constraints
do
not
stop
them
from
loving the Lord. When He leaves them their whole life centres on the suffering
caused by this separation from Him. All they can think of is when they will
again be reunited with Him |
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The
love that the Gopis have for Lord Krishna is the kind of love that
devotees should have for God. Although the devotees live in the world
with their families and possessions, they should think of their
lives as God’s. Life is to be considered a temporary halt on the
journey of the soul to God. As the devotees’ love for Shri Krishna
gets stronger, they get detached from the world. They long to be one
with the Lord. They then start feeling the presence of God in each
part of their bodies and their minds. They see God even in worldly
objects.
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This
is
the
state
of
Pushti
Marg
devotees.
Shri
Vallabhacharyaji |
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divided
souls
into
three
categories:
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1. Divine souls |
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2. Spiritual souls,
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3. Worldly souls. |
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Devotees
of
Pushti
Marg
take
a
vow
before
the
image
of
Shri
Thakorji
that
all
their
possessions
and
relations
are
the
Lord’s.
Whatever
happens
in
their
life
they
would
accept
because
it
is
the
Lord’s
will.
They
entrust
their
lives
to
the
care
and
protection
of
God.
They
only
seek
Lord
Krishna’s
love.
Through
their
seva they hope to get God’s grace |
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This
is
the
path
(marg)
by
which
people
can
achieve
the
grace
(pushti)
of
God.
Thus
did
Shri
Vallabhacharya
propagate
Pushti
Marg.
In
Pushti
Marg
the
devotee
reaches
divine
love
by
transcending
all
other
loves
–
self-love,
the
love
of
family,
the
love
of
the
world.
The
ideal
before
the
devotee
is
the
love
of
the
Gopis
for
Shri
Krishna,
a
love,
which
renounced
the
world
and
all
other
attachments.
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According
to
Shri
Vallabhacharyaji,
knowing
God
means
realising
Him,
not
intellectually
but
intuitively.
His
philosophical
thoughts
are
recorded
in
his
works:
Anu
Bhashya,
Tattva
Dipa
Nibandha
and
Subodhini,
which
is
a
commentary
on
the
Bhagvat.
He
derived
his
philosophy
of
Shuddha-advaita
from
the
Upanishads,
supported
by
the
Gita,
the
Brahma
Sutras
and
the
Bhagvat.
Shudha
means
pure
and
advaita
means
non-dualism.
Everything
is
non-dual.
The
world
and
the
soul
are
of
the
essence
of
God
and
hence
are
not
separate
from Brahman. The conscious and the unconscious, the
names and the forms, the cause and the effect are the pure
essence of Brahman. |
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Shri
Vallabhacharyaji
believes
in
one
God.
Various
deities
are
the
different
aspects
of
God.
For
instance,
God
in
the
Upanishads
is
known
as
Brahman,
in
the
Gita
as
Shri
Krishna,
in
the
puranas
as
Parameshvar
or
Parmatman.
But
all
of
them
signify
the
supreme
God
or
Brahman.
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