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my full artwork for the wonderful @zevlorzine, Path of Devotion
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my full artwork for the wonderful @zevlorzine, Path of Devotion
FIRJICJAKLAMD NOT MY ART BUT I HAD TO SHARE BECAUSE THE ZEVLOR ZINE CAME TODAY (┛✧Д✧)┛
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Zevlor (Baldur's Gate), Dame Aylin | Nightsong Additional Tags: Friendship Is The Best Ship, Paladin on paladin therapy Summary:
What comes next? A drink, regrets spilled to a sympathetic ear, and the rest of one's life. My piece for the Path of Devotion @zevlorzine
We got the go ahead, and, thus, my piece for @zevlorzine is live on AO3!
One Last Ride on AO3
It follows Zevlor shortly before and during the final battle of the game and was written so that anyone, regardless of your Tav's relationship with Zevlor, could easily slot their Tav in there.
Leftover sales are still open! zevlorzine.bigcartel.com
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
I've had the honour and joy of being a part of the Path of Devotion zine. @zevlorzine. Leftover sales are still running, if you wanna grab something (you're in for a treat!) please look here: zevlorzine.bigcartel.com The link above gets you to the version of my story that didn't make the final cut. A "Lenka's cut", if you will. Have fun!
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Sri Bhagavan’s teaching can be practised in addition to, and without detriment to, other practices, and that from the very beginning.
Though Sri Bhagavan has repeatedly said in His authenticated publications and in reply to enquirers that the method of “Enquiry” i.e., “Who am I?” is the easiest and the most direct path leading to salvation, He has also nowhere and at no time deprecated other methods and paths — Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga [1] and so on [...].
The uniqueness of His teaching consists in the fact of His insistence on the enquiry method from the very beginning, instead of waiting till eternity for the purification of body, mind and intellect. The enquiry straightaway gives one that mental quiet, as it were in a trice, which one does not get till after some years of Japa [2].
Even such practitioners that know the meaning of ‘Gayatri’, the highest mantra, and repeat it a crore of times, admit this. If, on the other hand, one repeated just once the Gayatri Mantra with meaning and bhava [3] instead of repeating “I will meditate thus, I will meditate thus,” but remained still, confirmed in the meaning of the mantra, namely: “The Power which induces one’s intellect in the various pursuits of life is the same as that in the Sun, which, by its illumination, removes the darkness of this earth and is the cause of the existence and growth of all living beings on earth,” he would soon find himself as the light itself, bereft of body and form, perfectly still and thoughtless — a pleasurable experience indeed is this.
What one would attain in this manner is also attained by merely probing the source of thought, the “I” thought, being the first thought, by asking “Who am I?” and waiting ‘still’ for an answer — carefully guarding against obtrusion of the sneaky intruder (the thought monkey). Sri Bhagavan’s teaching can be practised in addition to, and without detriment to, other practices, and that from the very beginning, with immense and incalculable advantage. [...]
In: Crumbs from His Table, by Ramanananda Swarnagiri - Preface - http://zenpublications.com/DownloadCenter/38.pdf
[1] Karma yoga, also called Karma marga, is one of the several spiritual paths in Hinduism, one based on the "yoga of action". To a karma yogi, right work done well is a form of prayer.
Bhakti yoga, also called Bhakti marga (literally the path of Bhakti), is a spiritual path or spiritual practice within Hinduism focused on loving devotion towards a personal god.
Astanga Yoga means ‘eight limbed yoga,’ and it is an authentic practice that can lead to liberation and greater awareness of our spiritual potential. The eight limbs of Astanga Yoga can be described as eight disciplines. They are yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi.
[2] Japa: Meditative repetition of a mantra or a divine name.
[3] Bhava: Emotion, sentiment, attitude of devotion.
The mind projects on the Self the illusory world appearance. He who, seeing the Self, becomes firmly established in the true state as that Self, thus uncovering that Self and dissolving the mind, which comprises ignorance and the whole world, will enjoy his own true state, which is without samsara, which is not covered by the vehicles, which is identical with Brahman, and which exists alone, without a second.
Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad [1] -The Supreme Science of the Self as Taught by Sri Ramana - Verses 15-16
An alternative to the quest is the path of devotion to God, culminating in self-surrender, which also leads ultimately to the same goal.
[1] http://davidgodman.org/rteach/rpv_intro.shtml http://davidgodman.org/rteach/RPV1-331.pdf
Samsara: The repeating cycle of birth, life and death (reincarnation)