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The Systems of Rāmānuja
to be attained, for the Maryādāmārgiyas, is to experience sayujyata or identity with the self-illumined God, who has revealed or manifested Himself to him. who has purified his mind from within by means of attending to the Sṛti (s'ravaņa), repetition of it (manana), contemplation of it, and by means of external practices like self-control and cultivation of the calm and tranquil state of mind, etc.1 Like his predecessors he believes that ultimately such liberation consists in the removal of ignorance (avidya), and that knowledge is the most important means of attaining Mokṣa. On the contrary, the Puşțimārgīyas seek an everlasting accompaniment of the God by intensifying their loveful devotion (Premabhakti) for Him. Ghate (regarding Pustibhakti) says "....and this is the highest kind of bhakti - the devotee, without having recourse to any sadhanas, depends upon nothing but pure and simple love of Him; his goal is only the service of Hari; his highest pleasure is to become one of the associates of Hari and to sport with him in the Vṛndāvana. This puṣṭibhakti is the privilege of only him whom Bhagavat is pleased to favour; it begins with preman which removes a liking for any thing but Hari, and passing through asakti which produces a positive aversion to objects not connected with Hari, culminates in vyasana or entire devotion to Hari."3
Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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1 Vallabha: Brahma Sutra Bhāṣya तस्य श्रवणमनननिदिष्या - सनैरन्तरंगैः शमदमादिभिश्व बहिरंगैरतिशुद्धे चित्ते स्वयमेवाविर्भूतस्य स्वप्रकाशस्य angosi azagoane: 1
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2 Ibid. मोक्षच अविद्यानिवृत्तिरूप. 3 Ghate V. S.: Vedanta, p. 39.
