:: Introduction to Pushtimarg ::


In several other updanishads also, the importance of “pusti” is enlightened. For example, in Mudakopanishada and Kathopnishada below text conveys the same meaning

 
(Not through the discourse, not through the intellect, not even through the study of the scriptures can the self be realized. The self reveals himself to the one who longs for the self. Those who long for the self with all their heart are chosen by the self as his own)
Before shree Vallabhacharya, several acharyas like Shankara, Ramanuja etc. have accepted three authorities, generally known as “pramana” viz, the Vedas, Gita and the Brahmasutras. But shree vallabh adds the Bhagwata mahapurana as the fourth authority and remarks that in case of doubts in any of these four authorities one should try to remove them in the light of the succeeding authority. Previous acharyas provided the path of Maryada Bhakti marg wherein, the highest fruit that could be attained was Moksha in Aksharbrahm. It is Shree Vallabh, who preached and discovered the path of grace to attain the Bhajanand of Shree Krishna and the highest fruit i.e. Lord Shree krishna himself. Shree Vallabhacharyaji orders Pushti Jeevas to do Seva of Lord Shree Krishna with "Sarvada Sarva Bhavena". Shree Vallabha like his predecessors, expresses his own opinion on karma,jnana and bhakti, which are the only