One of the biggest quandrums in advaitic understanding is how Adi Shankara who wrote nirvAna shatakam /brahma jnAna vali mAla etc (which are jnAnA simplified) also wrote bhaja govindam, siva manasa puja et al (which are bhakti simplified).
Several explanations are given based on one's own theological background. But the answer to this puzzle lies in many mahA-periyavA's discourses. mahAperiyavA keeps repeating in his discourses that bhakti is the way or the means to jnAnA.
If one understands bhaja govindam song, what do we ask for, from govinda..? We ask for the jnAnA or realization that helps us to be detachedly attached, hammering out the mohA (extreme attachment). bhaja govindam song in tamil essence in english with mahaperiyava discourse.
Several explanations are given based on one's own theological background. But the answer to this puzzle lies in many mahA-periyavA's discourses. mahAperiyavA keeps repeating in his discourses that bhakti is the way or the means to jnAnA.
If one understands bhaja govindam song, what do we ask for, from govinda..? We ask for the jnAnA or realization that helps us to be detachedly attached, hammering out the mohA (extreme attachment). bhaja govindam song in tamil essence in english with mahaperiyava discourse.