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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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ever one happens to see, and in whatever place he happens to see it, he should regard it as nondifferent from Me that is indeed the mark of devotion.' 111 Jaanes'vara propounds Advaita-bhakti or devotion-in-identity which is singular and exclusive (avyabhicari-). He describes the Advaitabhakti in the following passage. Krsna says. "He can destroy the Gunas, who without the notion of quality in his heart, is devoted to Me. I am to this world, what a jewel is to its own lustre, what liquidity is to water, what space is to the sky, what sweetness is to sugar, what fire is to flame, what bud of the lotus is to the lotus, and what the tree is to the leaves, branches, and fruits. A large collection of snow has got the name of Himalaya. Milk in a certain condition gets the name of curd. So what is called the universe is nothing but Myself. The moon is not different from his fifteen sizes which are visible during the bright half of the month. Ghee, when it sets and becomes solid, does not cease to be ghee, and a bracelet never ceases to be gold. Cloth and threads are one, except on a close analysis. An earthen pot is nothing but earth. In order to find Me, it is necessary to look beyond the world. I exist in the form of this world. A firm belief of this kind itself constitutes an unbroken devotion to Me. Get over the feeling of distinctions and with a single purpose consider the universe including yourself to be Brahman....The smallest wave is a part of the ocean.
1 Jnanes' vari, IX 250-261.
