Will devotional songs give salvation

[dattaswami]

Will devotional songs give salvation

A devotee asked about the divine songs on God giving the salvation as in the case of Meera. 

Swami replied:  The divine songs certainly will inspire and develop intensive devotion in mind.  But what is the use of such devotion limited to the mind, tears and throat only?  The mind (theoretical devotion) should be transformed into action or service to God (Practical devotion).  The inspiration in the mind is like the bags of fertilizer stored in your house only, which are to be supplied to the field so that you can get the best crop from the field.  The field is action or service, which alone can give you the divine fruit.  You have taken only the songs of Meera ( a female devotee) but you are not taking the resultant effect of those songs on her practical life.  She left the house and roamed on the earth in the propagation of the devotion by singing songs constantly, which is her participation in the divine mission of God.  You are taking only the commentaries of Shankara and analyzing them sitting in your house.  Such divine knowledge limited to your brain only is just like lot of water stored in the water tank of your house.

Shankara left the house and propagated the divine knowledge through out the world and participated in the divine service of the Lord, which alone can give you the fruit directly.  You should take water from your house to the field and supply it to the plants to get the crop from the plants.  Neither the fertilizer stored in the room nor the water stored in the tank can give you directly the fruits.  They should be supplied to the field to get the crop.  Similarly, the devotion of Meera (Fertilizer) and the knowledge of Shankara (water) should be supplied to the service to God to get the fruit.  You are taking Meera and Shankara partially up to the storage of devotion in mind and knowledge in the brain, which are of no use since they cannot give you the direct fruit unless they are transformed into the divine service. You must take also the resultant practice of Meera and Shankara to get the grace of God.


At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami

Anil Antony

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Universal Spirituality for World Peace
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