The path of devotion begins with the feeling that God loves me the most.


Bhakti implies loyalty. Bhakti Marg relates to this way of love. It is also recognized as Bhakti exercise. On the way devotees create a deep passion and dedication to their own gods, Through transformative and purification exercises to achieve unity with them. They employ their brains in their reflection and gradually kill all traces of desires, attachments, self-interest and additional impurities. According to this Bhagavadgita, bhakti exercise is the simplest way to achieve liberation. Yet, it is not simple to learn it at its purest form. Agreeing to some, Bhakti is this conclusion of all different yogas, And one may learn so loyalty but after years of accomplishment and reaching perfection in other  , e.g., karma yoga, jnanayoga, Atma samyama exercise, etc. In this following speech, we examine the origin and growth of Bhakti Marg.

 

The first path, Bhakti, also known as the Goya of devotion, means love’s and bliss’s goal. The way to attain Morsha is through devotion for god.” Keep me in your mind and devotion, sacrifice to me, bow to me, discipline your self toward, and you will reach me!”. In the Vaishavana pantheon, this path has five forms: Santa, Dasya, Sakhya, Vatsalva and Madhura. The first of them is calm devotion for god. The other four involve emotional attachment with god. For example Sakhya is treating god as a friend. Dasya is serving god. Madhuara is treating god as husband. Vatsalya is treating god as a child. In Bhagavad-Gita, there are nine acts of devotion: Sravana, which is hearing of god, Kirtana which is praising god, Sharama, which is remembering god, Padasevana, which is service in general, Arcana, which is worshiping, Vandana which is bowing, Dasya, which is serving like a servant, Sakhaya which is befriending god and athanivedana, which is making total surrender. The salvation and moksha are achieved through complete devotion to krisha.

Bhakti means devotion. Bhakti marg refers to the path of love. It is also known as Bhakti Yoga. On this path devotees develop a deep love and devotion to their personal gods, through transformative and purification practices to attain oneness with them. They engage their minds in their contemplation and gradually remove all traces of desires, attachments, egoism and other impurities.

For those more emotional than intellectual, bhakti yoga is recommended. Bhakti yoga is the path of devotion, the method of attaining God through love and the loving recollection of God. Most religions emphasize this spiritual path because it is the most natural. As with other yogas, the goal of the bhakta, the devotee of God, is to attain God-realization—oneness with the Divine. The bhakta attains this through the force of love, that most powerful and irresistible of emotions.

Bhakti yoga, also called Bhakti marga (literally the path of Bhakti), is a spiritual path or spiritual practice within Hinduism focused on loving devotion towards a personal god. It is one of the paths in the spiritual practices of Hindus, others being Jnana yoga and Karma yoga. The tradition has ancient roots. Bhakti is mentioned in the Shvetashvatara Upanishad where it simply means participation, devotion and love for any endeavor. Bhakti yoga as one of three spiritual paths for salvation is discussed in depth by the Bhagavad Gita. 

Bhakti yoga is one of three yoga taught in Bhagavad Gita. Bhakti yoga is, according to Peter Bishop, a devotee's loving devotion to a personal god as the path for spirituality. The other two paths are jnana yoga, the path of wisdom where the individual pursues knowledge and introspective self-understanding as spiritual practice, while karma yoga is path of virtuous action (karma) neither expecting a reward nor consequences for doing the right thing, or nishkama karma. Later, new movements within Hinduism added raja yoga as the fourth spiritual path, but this is not universally accepted as distinct to other three.

 Bhakti yoga is one of the main paths of yoga that a practitioner can follow on the path to self-realization and is the path most followed in India. The name comes from the Sanskrit root word, bhaj, meaning "to adore/worship God." Thus, it is the path of love and devotion. Bhakti is sometimes described as “love for love’s sake.” It is also sometimes described as the yoga of the mind/intellect.

The Sanskrit word bhakti comes from the root bhaj, which means "to adore or worship God." Bhakti yoga has been called "love for love's sake" and "union through love and devotion." Bhakti yoga, like any other form of yoga, is a path to self-realization, to having an experience of oneness with everything. Today's Western yogis don't necessarily practice devotion to a Hindu deity, a guru, or "God" as a patriarchal figure in white robes (although some do). Many Westerners who practice bhakti yoga tend to connect with a more encompassing idea of the Divine, the Beloved, the Spirit, the Self, or the Source.

"Bhakti" is the word that we use to show our devotion and dedication to God and the supreme power above us. The feeling of love while offering prayers to the God is the devotion to God. The belief that we show on our Lord is devotion. Being devoted to God gives strength and courage to lead this materialistic life peacefully.

 Religion is to provide path to the followers to reach God. No religion is of any worth if it does not help reaching the God. In this I-Thou relationship of love between man and God, the pole of human love is expressed in terms of loving devotion, and the other pole, of God's love for man, in terms of his Grace. On one side is bhakti or loving devotion; on the other side is moral act. Both are complementary to each other; both taken together constitute the make-up of ideal person of the Guru's conception. Guru Nanak's baani: commends the blending of simran and voluntary service to humanity called sewa; both are essential for a balanced life. 

“Love is a feeling of deep devotion, concern, and affection. The greatest example of God’s love for His children is found in the infinite Atonement of Jesus Christ.”2 “For God so loved the world,” John recorded, “that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”3 “Love for God and fellowmen is a characteristic of disciples of Jesus Christ." 

The love of God is love from God and love for God. The love of God flows toward us from God through Jesus. The Holy Spirit in us produces love from within us that flows toward God through Jesus and we feel intense love from Jesus, and we feel intense love for Jesus. We are passionately and desperately in love with Jesus. This greatest mystery of love can change harlotry to purity. The love of Jesus can change a rebellious, adulterous bride into a faithful, purified bride without spot or blemish. Jesus, by the love relationship, becomes one flesh with His bride and is manifest in her so that His life becomes flesh on the earth.

 


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