Satsang 20 December 2023
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 2023-12-20

6 types of Bhakti from Bhakti literature 


God as Lord with sweet emotion of love ..shanta bhakti...ex ambareesha


God as Master...servant of God..dasya bhakti...ex hanuman 


God as friend...friend of God...sakhya bhakti..ex Arjuna


God as child...parent of God...vatsalya bhakti..ex Yashoda


God as sweetheart...beloved of God...madhurya bhakti or prema bhakti ..ex Radha


God as Radha and Krishna  and oneself as Gopi witnessing them....This is the acme of Bhakti 


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Bhakti is the foundation of all spiritual practice. It is both a means and an end in itself. What is the nature of Bhakti? The Narada Bhakti Sutras say: ‘It is of the nature of supreme love towards God’ (2nd Sutra). How does this love towards the divine manifest itself? The Srimad Bhagavatam (7.5.23), delineates the nine ways (Navadha Bhakti) in which we can lovingly connect with God:


1). Hearing about God (Shravana)


2). Chanting His Name and Glory (Kirtana)


3). Remembering Him (Smarana)


4). Serving His Lotus Feet (Pada Sevana)


5). Worshipping Him as per the Scriptures (Archana)


6). Prostrating before Him (Vandana)


7). Being His Servant (Dasya)


8). Befriending Him (Sakhya)


9). Offering Oneself to Him (Atma Nivedana)


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If Naam , Seva, Dhyaan does not have feeling or Devotion in it, then it becomes dry 


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Any act soaked in the syrup of Bhakti makes it perfect


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The whole creation must be seen as full consciousness. Keeping anything neat and clean and tidy is worship--- Vinobaji 


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Lord is the Master. I am His Servant. The creation is the article of worship-- Vinobaji 


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Geeta wants every act of ours to be filled with Bhakti. Geeta wants all acts to be done in a spirit of worship--- Vinobaji 


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Encumbrance comes only when I own the action. There is no encumbrance when we realise that everything is His. 


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