Overcoat
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
Liberation from material bondage is, therefore, a by-product of devotional service. Attainment of spiritual knowledge is not sufficient to insure liberation. Such knowledge must be overcoated with devotional service so that ultimately the devotional service alone predominates. Then liberation is made possible. Even the reactionary work of the fruitive workers can lead one to liberation when it is overcoated with devotional service. Karma overcoated with devotional service is called karma-yoga. Similarly, empirical knowledge overcoated with devotional service is called jñāna-yoga. But pure bhakti-yoga is independent of such karma and jñāna because it alone can not only endow one with liberation from conditional life but also award one the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
Page Title: | Overcoat |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Serene |
Created: | 31 of Oct, 2012 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=1, OB=1, Lec=2, Con=6, Let=2 |
No. of Quotes: | 13 |