"He is all pervading, unchanging Supreme Being. Is the purest of the pure. He is there in all hearts of holy men.He inspires sacred words like preists at the altar. He is dear like a guest in the household. And manifests throughout the universal life forces - the seas, the earth and the mountains" - Rig veda 4.40.5
india is rich with so may litreture works.... and vedas top all of them.
once in one of the lecture demonstrations, the guru defined "bharath" as to "brahma vidyam thasyam ramathey ithi bharath "
the treasure is so huge that one life is not in the least sufficient to learn them all, then where is the question of practice!?!
many would preach to practice one and excel in that, which will inturn lead to the same "eternal bliss" ... but if one feels so curious to learn all that is given in upnishads, sutras, vedhas, bhagavad gita... life of an ordinary man is not sufficient.
but.... our scared book "bhagavad gita", says in one of its chapters that bhakthi is the most profound path and the most easiest and the most effective. God loves the soul which surrenders to Him.
but again, kali yugam also preaches that along with bhakthi, there should also be gyana (knowledge)....
for every to soul to enlighten, a guru is a must.. a guru might be any other soul or ones own soul. ones own soul will be easy only through means of bhakthi... where ones own soul becomes the God himself because most commonly the bhaktha would picture himself as the Lover.
radha, the gopikas are the best examples for Bhakthi...
" surrender" -- in Bhagavad gita, there is one verse:
" karpanyo dhoshaha pahatha svabhava, prichyami thvam dhrama samkuta cheteha, yescheye stha nischinta, bruhi shisyaste, shadhimam tvam prapanam."
this verse explains the complete surrender of Arjuna to Sri Krishna... a very beautiful verse which basially begins the gita.
gyana and bhakthi.... together brings a soul to the state of bliss, enlightment....
