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 Sanskrit root jap means “to repeat...
The 9 Practices of Bhakti A Sacred Body and Its Limbs Its customary to use the word limb to refer to the practices of a yoga system and the word body to refer to the yoga system itself. It’s a charming way to think of the yogas. Each yoga is an individual and has...
The History of Bhakti As Europe had a Renaissance period, India did also. It was called the “Bhakti Movement.” The Bhakti Movement refers to the period of time from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries when traveling saint-minstrels brought sacred songs out of...
What Are the Types of Bhakti ? As we described in What is Bhakti?, the word Bhakti is used in several ways to refer to: the Bhakti Movement, India’s spiritual renaissance movement of the sixth to the sixteenth centuries Bhakti Vedanta, a branch of Vedanta...
A Daily Bhakti Practice People have different amounts of time, levels of attention or interest to devote to a Bhakti practice. The daily practice for a working mother with a toddler will differ from that of a retired man without any dependents. A healthy...
