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    (1) Jnana Yoga is like crossing a river by swimming. Bhakti Yoga is like crossing a river by a boat. (2)
    The Jnani gets knowledge by selfreliance and assertion. The Bhakta gets Darshan of God by self
    surrender. (3) The Jnani asserts and expands. The Bhakta dedicates and consecrates himself to the
    Lord and contracts himself. Suppose there is one rupee in the body of a small circle. This rupee
    contracts and merges itself into the circumference. This is Bhakti. Imagine there is a twoanna piece
    in the centre of a circle. This coin so expands that it occupies the whole body of the circle and the
    circumference also. This is Jnana. (4) A Bhakta wants to eat sugarcandy. A Jnani wants to become
    sugarcandy itself. (5) A Bhakta is like a kitten that cries for help. A Jnani is like a babymonkey that
    clings itself boldly to the mother. (6) A Bhakta gets Krama Mukti. A Jnani gets SadyoMukti. (7) A
    Jnana Yogi exhibits Siddhis through will or SatSankalpa. A Bhakta gets all the divine Aisvaryas
    through selfsurrender and the consequent descent of Divine Grace.
    In the Gita (IV39) Lord Krishna clearly points out that Bhakti and Jnana are not incompatibles like oil
    and water. He says: "Sraddhavan labhate jnanamThe man who is full of faith obtaineth wisdom. "
    "Tesham satatayuktanam bhajatam preetipurvakam; Dadami buddhiyogam tam yena mamupayanti te
    To these ever harmonious, worshipping in love, I give the Yoga of discrimination by which they come
    unto Me. " (X10. )
    "Bhaktya maamabhijanati yavanyaschasmi tattvatah; Tato mam tattvato jnatva visate tadanantaram
    By devotion he knoweth Me in essence, who and what I am; having thus known Me in essence, he
    forthwith entereth into the Supreme. " (XVIII55. )
    To deny Jnana altogether, to say that there is nothing beyond Goloka as some sectarian Bhaktas do,
    is the height of one's folly. To deny Bhakti and Isvara as some dry Vedantins do is also foolishness. A
    happy combination of head and heart is perfection.

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