02 Sep 2015
[Reply to Sunil Kumar] Attraction is very important for salvation. The law of attraction means the established way to achieve the attraction. Whether the attraction is worldly or divine, you will get it only after knowing the details about the item on which you like to develop your attraction. If your goal of attraction is God, you must know all the details of the God (knowledge), which develops the attraction. If you know the details of Mumbai, you will be attracted towards Mumbai and will make practical efforts to go to Mumbai. This is pravrutti. In nivrutti, Rukmini heard all the details about the personality of Lord Krishna from the sage Narada (Narada means the preacher giving the knowledge) and developed strong attraction to Lord Krishna. This attraction (devotion or Bhakti) leads to the practical efforts (action or karma) made by Rukmini to run away with Lord Krishna cutting all the bonds with her family. Knowledge, devotion and action are the three sequential steps established by Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva.