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disease, death, poverty, accidents etc.. One tries one's best to avoid all these and get rid of miseries which is not possible without self-realization. It is very well known that there are many paths to achieve selfrealization. Perhaps the aspirants find it most essential and expedient to abandon the worldly life and totally dissociate oneself from it and follow the path of realization by pursuing the path of knowledge of the self and that is what prophets like Mahāvīra and Gautama have done. However, the enlightened realized that the path was very very difficult for an average human being and therefore, out of sheer compassion, they propounded and propagated the path of devotion.140 This path can be followed by anybody easily and can be depended upon as a path which definitely yields good results, if the same is followed and practised seriously and whole-heartedly, fully bearing in mind that the ultimate goal of devotion is the integration of the devotee, devotion and God, the object of devotion. Śrímad, therefore, has said that devotion is the best established path to achieve liberation and therefore onc must be very alert and eager in devotion to God.141
Now, how 10 pratisc devotion to God and what is the nature of God you are devoting yourself to. These
