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Re: REQUEST : RISHIS



On Wed, 11 Sep 1996 21:25:24 GMT, Narender Reddy
<npreddy@brain.biomed.uakron.edu> wrote:

>Rishis meditate and gain control of the senses. However, false ego is 
>hard to conquer. Only through devotional surrender (through Sharanagathi 
>or prapathi) one is able to overcome the false ego. 

Surrendering to Whom/What?

>The essense of 
>Vaishnavism lies in the Sharangathi or devotional surrender. The purnas 
>teach that meditation or gaining control of the senses without surrender 
>to the supreme personality (Sriman Narayana or Krishna) is useless. 

Can one Surrender to Vishnu, Shiva, etc. instead of Krishna?  What is the
difference?

>the knowledge can be 
>granted only by the Supreme Being Lord Sriman Narayana (Krishna) and the 
>best way is through devotional surrender. 

Sounds like a Haree Krishna devote!!???


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