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From: Madhavakkannan V (srivaishnavan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 03 1998 - 16:49:39 PST
Sri: Dearest Sisters and Brothers, Sri Mahavishnu had requested for the meanings/definition of parabhakti. ParajnAnam and Parama bhakti. The little about what I know of them is: The bhakti/love that draws the devotee to the Supreme is Para Bhakti. The knowledge / jnAnam or Vision that is granted due to the grace of Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan to the devotee is Para Jnanam The intensity to the highest degree beyond which one can not even survive and the greatest tvarai (urgency) to see the Lord and reach Him then and there, the inability to move away from seeing the Lord / enjoying Him or the jnAnam/Vision that Emperumaan had blessed Him with is Parama Bhakti. Sri RamanujAchAryA prays for them in SaraNAgathy Gadhyam. PiraaTTi says with affection: "asthuthE" (So be it). Narayana Narayana Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com