30 Aug '11 00:31>
Originally posted by TaomanGod is not one or the other but both.
The Bhakti way is not the reasoning way and some do not understand this. It has some similarities to Pentecostalism within Christianity, where personal relationship and expressive devotion are prior to doctrine and ritual. We see it also in the Sufi tradition.
One assumes or forms the idea initially from the beginning that there is that which is greater, " ...[text shortened]... They must find another way if they are so inclined. Plenty of ways.
Cheers rv.
This is called (acintya bhada bhada tattva)
He is fixed and also everything in all places.
This is the meaning of God.
Mundane mind wants to pick one or the other but cannot conceive both.
Although the Bhaktas can certainly see this.