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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Just as a plant in a garden is protected from in-
sects, pests, etc., and is given sufficient manure for its
growth, so also those virtues have to be protected and
nourished. The food has already been mentioned in
the previous sutras, "Avvyaavrita Bhajanaat, Lokepi
Bhagavat Guna sravana kirtanaat" Sutras 36 and 37.
Ahimsa, satyam, etc., are the Yamas (restraints).
Soucha, Santosha etc., are the Niyamas (observances).
All these are the disciplines, without which no spiri-
tual progress is possible.
Daya is active benevolence. It is the positive ex-
pression of love. Ahimsa is the negative expression
of love.
In Sutra 76 Narada advises to perform actions
which help the growth of devotion. In the present
Sutra the devotee is asked to practise five special
items of conduct.
In the practice of truth one must speak exactly
what has been seen, heard or understood about a per-
son or a thing. There should not be the least exag-
geration or twisting. The speech should be truthful
and sweet. Truth which leads to another's injury
is not a desirable thing.
'Aadi' etc. Narada intends to point to the other
Divine qualities such as courage, charity, control of
senses, austerity, straightforwardness, humility, self-
abnegation, tranquility, freedom from wrath, tender-
ness of heart, sobriety, forgiveness, fortitude etc.
The principles of Yama and Niyama of Patanjali
Maharishi's Raja Yoga philosophy are embodied here.
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Just as a plant in a garden is protected from in-
sects, pests, etc., and is given sufficient manure for its
growth, so also those virtues have to be protected and
nourished. The food has already been mentioned in
the previous sutras, "Avvyaavrita Bhajanaat, Lokepi
Bhagavat Guna sravana kirtanaat" Sutras 36 and 37.
Ahimsa, satyam, etc., are the Yamas (restraints).
Soucha, Santosha etc., are the Niyamas (observances).
All these are the disciplines, without which no spiri-
tual progress is possible.
Daya is active benevolence. It is the positive ex-
pression of love. Ahimsa is the negative expression
of love.
In Sutra 76 Narada advises to perform actions
which help the growth of devotion. In the present
Sutra the devotee is asked to practise five special
items of conduct.
In the practice of truth one must speak exactly
what has been seen, heard or understood about a per-
son or a thing. There should not be the least exag-
geration or twisting. The speech should be truthful
and sweet. Truth which leads to another's injury
is not a desirable thing.
'Aadi' etc. Narada intends to point to the other
Divine qualities such as courage, charity, control of
senses, austerity, straightforwardness, humility, self-
abnegation, tranquility, freedom from wrath, tender-
ness of heart, sobriety, forgiveness, fortitude etc.
The principles of Yama and Niyama of Patanjali
Maharishi's Raja Yoga philosophy are embodied here.