Book Title: Karma Yoga
Author(s): Swami Vivekanand
Publisher: Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture Culcutta

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________________ BHAKTI-YOGA. in the earth is separate from the earth, who living in the Atman,' etc. *_In texts like the above the Srutis speak of the Supreme One as the subject of the work of ruling the universe. Nor in the above descriptions of the ruling of the universe is there any position ascribed to the liberated soul in the texts quoted-for the quality of ruling the universe is far away from such a soul province. In explaining the next sutra, Ramanuja says, “If you say it is not so, because there are direct texts in the Vedas in evidence to the contrary, these texts refer to the glory of the liberated in the spheres of the subordinate deities.”+ This also is an easy solution of the difficulty. Although the system of Ramanuja admits the unity of the total, within that totality of existence there are, according to him, eternal differences. Therefore, for all practical purposes, this *Vedanta Sutras IV.-4-17, Commentary by Ramanuja + Vedanta Sutras IV. 4-18, Commentary by R amanuja.

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