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Movemenf of UnaIIoyed Devofion
Siila llaliisiddlania Saiasvaii Tlaluia
Iiisi piinicd in ilc Haimonisi (Sii Sajjanaioslani)
Vol. XXVII, Junc 1929
++3 Caiianya Lia, No. 1.
Tlc Sajjanaioslani was loundcd by llaliivinoda Tlaluia as ilc jouinal ol ilc
picscni movcmcni ol puic dcvoiion iniiiaicd by limscll as a lollowci ol Sii Rupa
Gosvami, ilc associaic ol Loid Caiianya, wlo was madc by Him as ilc oiiginal
aclaiya ol ilc piinciplc ol loving dcvoiion. Tlc movcmcni las spicad widcly sincc
ilc loundaiion ol Sajjanaioslani. A vciy laigc numbci ol sinccic souls ol ilis
couniiy lavc aiiaincd ilc lilc ol loving scivicc io ilc Loid. Tlc assumpiion ol ilc
Lnglisl gaib by ilc jouinal is ilc icsuli ol ilc cxicnsion ol ilc movcmcni, and is
pioplciic ol ilc icndcncy ol luiilci and woild-widc cxpansion. Tlc namc
Haimonisi, wlicl las bccn adopicd by ilc Lnglisl Sajjanaioslani may appcai ai
liisi sigli io bc also moic cosmopoliian ilan ilc oldci Sansliii iiilc wlicl liicially
mcans "a lcmalc wlo plcascs ilc Loid's own." Tlc Haimonisi aims ai piomoiing
concoid. lui ilc Lnglisl iiilc is noi ically dillcicni in iis signilicancc liom ilc
oiiginal iiilc ol ilc pciiodical. Haimony is io bc lound in spiiiiual scivicc io ilc
Loid alonc. Tlc Haimonisi las dcdicaicd lciscll io ilc scivicc ol ilosc, wlo aic
ilcmsclvcs loyal scivanis ol ilc oiiginal Souicc ol all laimony. In coniiadiciion io
ilc scivicc ol ilc scivanis ol ilc Loid ilc vox populi and piospccis ol woildly
cnjoymcni, ilc Haimonisi pins lci laiil in ilc Vox Dci and piospccis ol spiiiiual
living bascd ilcicon. Slc siiivcs io plcasc noi cvciybody indisciiminaicly, bui only
ilc scivanis ol ilc Loid. Unlcss ilc gcncial populacc piclci io obcy ilc scivanis ol
ilc Loid iailci ilan lollowing ilcii own ciiing inclinaiion loi woildly
aggiandizcmcni, ilcic can bc no ical laimony in ilis woild. To iiy io plcasc ilc
scivanis ol ilc Loid is ilc samc as, nay, cvcn liglci ilan iiying io plcasc ilc Loid.
Tlc Haimonisi is picpaicd io scivc ilc dcmon only il ilc dcmon limscll obcys ilc
Loid and noi oilciwisc. ly iiying io plcasc ilosc wlo do noi scivc ilc Loid, ilc
picvailing conlusion will bc luiilci conloundcd.
Tlc mcilod adopicd by ilc Haimonisi loi ilc piomoiion ol concoid las noiling
in common wiil ilc mcilods adopicd by ilc lumanisis wlo icly only on
ilcmsclvcs and ilcii lcllow-bcings loi aiiainmcni ol ilcii puiposc. Tlc misciics
cxpciicnccd as a icsuli ol ilc discoids ol ilis woild aic gcncially supposcd io bc
duc io ignoiancc ol ilc laws ol naiuic and ilc signilicancc ol ilc moial oidci. ly
pioviding cilical insiiuciion and oppoiiuniiics loi ilc piaciicc ol social and
lumaniiaiian viiiucs, and by ilc dillusion ol lnowlcdgc ol ilc laws ol naiuic, loi
ilc cllicicni pciloimancc ol viiiuous woil, ilc lumanisi lopcs io malc all
pcisons aiiain ilc pcacc ol ilc conscicncc. Tlc plan and objcci ol ilc Haimonisi
docs noi bclicvc ilai insiincis ol lallcn souls can supply ilc ical basis loi icaiing
ilc siiuciuic ol univcisal pcacc and lappincss. Tlc lallcn souls naiuially covci ilc
ilings ol ilis woild loi ilcii own scllisl cnjoymcni. As ilc aiicmpi io dciivc
lullillmcni liom sucl ilings is, lowcvci, doomcd io pcipciual lailuic, pcacc ol
conscicncc musi ncccssaiily bc sougli clscwlcic. Man musi discaid ilc guidancc
ol lis limiicd and mislcading undcisianding and sccl loi cnliglicnmcni liom
abovc in a spiiii ol ical lumiliiy. Tlc piaciical way io aiiain spiiiiual
cnliglicnmcni is io scivc ilc scivanis ol ilc Loid. Tlc lallcn soul musi submii io
iccciving lnowlcdgc ol lis ical scll and ol lis iclaiion io ilc Supicmc Soul liom
ilosc wlo aic ilcmsclvcs cnliglicncd. Tlc limiicd undcisianding musi noi bc
allowcd io slui oui ilc unlimiicd. Wlcn oncc ilc liglci lnowlcdgc ically malcs
His appcaiancc, ilc limiicd undcisianding will auiomaiically icalizc ilc naiuic
and mcilod ol spiiiiual aciiviiics in ilc ligli ilai comcs liom ilc Souicc ol all
ligli. ly iiying io adjusi oui duiics in ilc ligli ol ilc will-o-ilc-wisp ol oui
disioiicd conscicncc, wc aic only guidcd by loolislncss wlicl wc aic plcascd io
call by ilc namc ol licc individual judgcmcni. Tlc ical liccdom is an cicinal
qualiiy ol ilc spoilcss soul, wlo las no alliniiy wiil oi lanlciing loi lis own
scllisl cnjoymcni. Nciilci is ilc soul in lis naiuial condiiion ol cnliglicncd
liccdom disposcd io ilc scll-dcsiiuciivc vaniiy ol sioic passiviiy. Tlc licc soul's
unicmiiiing and solc conccin is io scivc ilc Tiansccndcnial Tiuil wlicl is
obscuicd in lis lallcn siaic by ilc log cicaicd by ilc vaniiy ol ilc sioic mannci io
wlicl ilc soul subjccis limscll by lis own licc cloicc.
Tlc iigli io scll-clccicd bondagc io ilc lanlciings ol ilc llcsl las bccn adopicd
liom iimc immcmoiial as ilc basic piinciplc ol ilc poliiical, social, and individual
lilc ol incaicciaicd lumaniiy in lis icmpoiaiy sojouin iliougloui ilis caiilly
piisonlousc ol coiicciion. Tlc Haimonisi plcads loi a icvision ol ilis basic
piinciplc ol lilc in ilc ligli ol liglci considciaiions. Tlc ligli liom ilc Souicc can
alonc guidc us on ilc cicinal pail. Oui iiny individual liglis aic noi indcpcndcni
souiccs ol illuminaiion, bui lavc io bc coniinuously nouiislcd, io bc picscivcd by
coniaci wiil ilc Souicc ol ligli. Tlc conncciion bciwccn ilc Souicc and ilc
dcpcndcni ligli is scvcicd by ilc vaniiy ol laving indcpcndcni cxisicncc in ilc
lallcn siaic. Ii is ilcicloic ncccssaiy io iccsiablisl ilis iniciiupicd conncciion, noi
by ilc lnowlcdgc accumulaicd by ilc induciivc scicnccs wlicl aic ilcmsclvcs ilc
pioduci ol ilc dcccpiivc ligli ol ilc soul in ilc siaic ol icbcllion againsi ilc
lundamcnials ol lis own consiiiucni piinciplcs bui by ilc lnowlcdgc ilai comcs
liom ilc Iouniainlcad ol all ligli wlo las His iiansccndcnial abodc in ilc
slining icalms ol ilc Spiiii. Tlc mcilod ol submissivc lisicning io ilc iidings ol
ilc spiiiiual woild, wlicl iiansccnd wiiloui ignoiing ilis plcnomcnal univcisc,
liom ilc lips ol cmancipaicd souls wlo scivc cicinally and cxclusivcly ilc ical
Tiuil is ilc only way ol obiaining ilc giacc ol divinc cnliglicnmcni. Tlc
Haimonisi siands loi ilis piinciplc in ilcoiy and piaciicc. Slc is in piinciplc and
piaciicc ilc cicinal and cxclusivc scivani ol ilc scivanis ol ilc Loid, and lci solc
duiy is io iiy io plcasc only ilcm and ilcicby coniinuc ilc mcilod and puiposc ol
Tlaluia llaliivinoda, wlo is cmbodicd in ilc Sajjanaioslani, ilc lumblc maid-
in-waiiing ol ilc scivanis ol ilc Loid.