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- Read on →: yāra yemana bhāva tāra temana lābha
yāra yemana bhāva tāra temana lābha |
(Bengali saying)“As is one’s bhāva, so is one’s attainment.”
- Read on →: yathāveśas tathā praveśaḥ
yathāveśas tathā praveśaḥ |
(Sanskrit saying)“As is [one’s] absorption, so is [one’s] entrance.”
- Read on →: mantre tīrthe dvije deve
mantre tīrthe dvije deve daivajñe bheṣaje gurau |
yādṛśī bhāvanā yasya siddhir bhavati tādṛśī ||
(Skanda Purāṇga: 5.3.227.38–9; cited in Pañcatantra: 5.96)“In regard to a mantra, tīrtha, brāhmaṇa, deva, astrologer, medicine, or guru—as is one’s attitude (bhāvanā), so is one’s attainment.”
- Read on →: na kāṣṭhe vidyate devo
na kāṣṭhe vidyate devo na śilāyāṁ kadācana |
bhāve hi vidyate devas tasmād bhāvaṁ samācaret ||
(Garuḍa Purāṇa: 2.38.13)“Deva is never present in wood or in stone. Deva is present in bhāva. Therefore, cultivate bhāva.”
- Read on →: avabodhitavān imāṁ yathā
avabodhitavān imāṁ yathā
mayi nityāṁ bhavadīyatāṁ svayam |
kṛpayaivam ananya-bhogyatāṁ
bhagavan bhaktim api prayaccha me ||
(Stotra-ratna: 54)“As you yourself have made known this state of being eternally your own in me, O Bhagavān, so by your grace please also bestow upon me bhakti which has no other enjoyer [than you, i.e., bhakti which is performed solely for your enjoyment].”