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कृपा, लीला और हुक्म में क्या अंतर है? || आचार्य प्रशांत (2014)
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Grace (Kripa)
Divine Play (Leela)
Divine Will (Hukm)
Mind
Surrender
Causelessness
Japji Sahib
Kabir Saheb
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that 'Leela' (divine play), 'Kripa' (grace), and 'Hukm' (divine will) are all one and the same. The only difference between them is the state of the mind that is perceiving the phenomenon. When a mind that was in suffering and pain finds causeless liberation, not as a result of its own efforts but as something far beyond what it could have desired or imagined, it calls this experience 'Kripa' or grace. Grace is not the fulfillment of the mind's desires; that is merely wish-fulfillment. True grace is when the very need to ask is eliminated, and the feeling of being a beggar is gone. It is something priceless that you could not have even thought of asking for. Grace is causeless and can appear in strange forms that the mind may not initially like or agree with. The essence behind 'Leela' is the same as that of grace, but it is perceived by a mind that is blissful and playful. When the mind realizes that everything happening is part of a game without rules, like a joke that is meaningless on the surface, it calls this 'Leela'. In this state, the mind's actions are no longer a struggle or a race but a joyful dance. The mind is no longer running to achieve something; its actions, like its hands and feet moving, are like a dance. 'Hukm' is also the same phenomenon, but it is perceived by a surrendered mind. When the ego has fallen and the mind bows down before existence, it sees everything as His 'Hukm' or command. The mind no longer claims doership over its decisions. It simply follows the command without questioning or analyzing it, saying, "You said it, and I followed." This 'Hukm' is the natural call of existence. Therefore, the three terms point to the same causeless reality but are named differently based on the mind's state: a suffering mind calls it 'Kripa', a blissful mind calls it 'Leela', and a surrendered mind calls it 'Hukm'.