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Bhakti Sandarbha 228-230 : Mixed Bhakti desiring only pure bhakti

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This is the concluding portion of the section on sanga-siddha bhakti The progression is twofold. One is the motivation, the second is the actual practices one engages in. The closer one comes to exclusively engaging in svarupa-siddha bhakti with the goal of attaining pure prema is the best, even though here and there the Bhagavatam recommends mixed bhakti for results that are not pure prema. Anuccheda 228 Saṅga-siddhā bhakti Mixed With Karma Desiring Only Bhakti तदेवं कैवल्यकामायां ज्ञानमिश्रोक्ता। अथ भक्तिमात्रकामायां कर्ममिश्रा, यथा (भा. ११.१९.२०, २३-२४)— We have thus explained, devotion mixed with non-dual awareness directed towards the attainment of liberation. Devotion mixed with  karma , yet motivated solely by a desire for pure devotion, is described by Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa: श्रद्धामृतकथायां मे शश्वन् मदनुकीर्तनम्। परिनिष्ठा च पूजायां स्तुतिभिः स्तवनं मम॥  इत्यादि, मदर्थेऽर्थपरित्यागो भोगस्य च सुखस्य च। इष्टं दत्तं हुतं जप्तं मदर्थं यद्व्रतं तपः॥ एवं ...

Bhakti Sandarbha 226-227 : Kaivalya-kāmā Bhakti mixed with karma and jnana

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Devotion performed with the desire for liberation is called kaivalya-kāmā bhakti . Anuccheda 226 Kaivalya-kāmā Bhakti mixed with Karma and Jñāna अथ कैवल्यकामा। क्वचित् कर्मज्ञानमिश्रा, क्वचिद्ज्ञानमिश्रा च। तत्र ज्ञानं, "ज्ञानं चैकात्म्यदर्शनम्" (भा. ११.१९.२५) इति दर्शितम्। तदीयश्रवणादीनां वैराग्ययोगसाङ्ख्यानां च तदङ्गत्वात् तदन्तःपातः। Now we will describe kaivalya-kāmā , devotion performed with a desire for liberation. Sometimes this form of devotion is mixed with karma and jñāna together and sometimes with jñāna alone. The word jñāna here refers to non-dual awareness, as defined earlier: “ Jñāna  means o see only one underlying reality.” (SB 11.19.27, See Anu. 214 .) Because activities such as hearing the truths concerning non-dual awareness, renunciation, yoga and sāṅkhya are all parts of jñāna , they are all included in it. अथ कर्मज्ञानमिश्रा, यथा (भा. ३.२७.२१-२३) अनिमित्तनिमित्तेन स्वधर्मेणामलात्मना। तीव्रया मयि भक्त्या च श्रुतसम्भृतया ...