In English
And Worship
The Bhaktiyoga has explained in detail about the worship of God with attributes () and without attributes (). Of the and forms of worship, or the and methods, which is better and which is more feasible and useful to the devotees - the dwelt at length on this aspect. Without practising the and methods of worship (i.e., worshipping God with a form and attributes) initially, we cannot worship God without form and attributes ( and ). As long as there is body-consciousness and body-attachment, man cannot contemplate on the , aspects of God. As long as man thinks I am the body, I have a body, I am a human being, it is not possible for any body to attain the , (Absolute Divinity). That is why, said . Therefore, a (devotee) or a (spiritual aspirant) must invariably start worshipping God with a form and attributes, in the beginning. When this goes on for some time, he can gradually switch over to the worship, nevertheless having a firm foothold in the aspect of God.