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What is Bhakti?
Bhakti is the absolute, divine love between the lover and the beloved when the lover is the soul and the beloved is the Original Conscious Person, our source and divine friend . . .
Bhakti Philosophy: An Introduction
The bhakti philosophy brings into perspective a joyful way of living by shedding light on the nature of being. Why am I? Why does the world exist?
Eastern thinkers answered these perennial questions from a lens that viewed consciousness-spirit as primary . . .
Bhakti Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita
The Gita is the essence of India’s wisdom schools and is a world-renowned spiritual and philosophical classic on the science of self-realization. Though the speaker, . . .
The Ultimate Goal of Bhakti Yoga
Bhakti is the yoga of spiritual relationships that flies love to its highest perch. For Bhakti to be perfect love, we must find the perfect object of love . . .
What are the Types of Bhakti?
Real Bhakti, or divine love, is eternal divine energy that descends into this world by the grace of saintly people who are vessels of Bhakti. It is free from all material qualities . . .
The History of Bhakti
As Europe had a Renaissance period, India did also. It was called the Bhakti Movement. When someone asks about the history of Bhakti, they’re usually asking . . .
How to Practice Bhakti
In love, we want to see our beloved satisfied and happy. We want to spend time with the person we love. We want to care for them. We like to serve them . . .
Kirtan: The Easy Meditation Practice of Bhakti
Kirtan is the musical form of a mantra meditation that is done as a call-and-response song with a group of people. . . .
What is Japa?
Japa is the attentive repetition of a sacred mantra oftentimes done alone and in private, though it can be done in the same place with others. The mantra is whispered, repeated aloud, or recited in the mind. . . .
The 9 Practices of Bhakti
The five-year-old child-saint Prahlada enumerates the nine limbs of the body of Bhakti in the Bhagavata Purana. Hearing about the practices of Bhakti from a child is meant . . .
A Daily Bhakti Practice
People have different amounts of time and levels of attention to devote to a Bhakti practice. The practice of a working mother with a toddler will differ from . . .