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Bhakti culminating in surrender that grants one faith rather than faith in any book or text accepted on faith.
The power of faith is indisputable. Individuals throughout history have been prepared to sacrifice their most valued possessions, including their lives, as a result of their trust in God. Many spiritual traditions celebrate those who confronted the challenges of their beliefs: Abraham‟s faith in divine will, for example, led him to countenance the otherwise intolerable action of sacrificing his own son. So is the case of Siriyala of Saivism. It is not proposed to deal with these aspects of faith in this paper.
Faith and doubt are inextricably linked in spiritual experience. In his teachings Lord Buddha acknowledged the limitations of blind faith, requiring that his students should always test his words. So does Mahatma Sriramchandraji Maharaj of Shahjahanpur. The yogic tradition states that three
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