[Advaita-l] ’upAsana' and 'bhakti'

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

> 
> To begin with:
> The position that you hold i.e. upAsana = bhakti is not new to me. If you want, I can show you scores of quotes supporting your position.. so I am quite familiar with it.
> 


It seems to me that everyone on this thread associates different meanings
with the words upAsana and bhakti. When talking of how upAsana = bhakti
in a generic sense in advaita literature and how bhakti = jnAna in a specific
author's works, it would be best to clarify what one means by these terms
and what influences one's understanding of these terms.
 
Vidyasankar