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RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Developing Bhakti

Find out how you can attain unconditional love

How does a devotee receive unconditional love? There are several states on the way to pure love:  faith (shraddha); single-minded devotion to your ideal (nishta); ongoing devotion (bhakti); and relationship with God (bhava). Love grows and grows. It is dynamic.

Bhakti Yoga Talks, Love, Devotion, Companionship

Through Nishta Comes Bhakti

Through nishta, one-pointed dedication and determination, comes bhakti. If you don’t get bhakti, this love of God, and you’ve been trying to for a long time, it’s usually because you’re lacking in nishta. It’s not because you’re lacking bhakti. Develop more one-pointed yearning until the emotional nature is centered.

  • Discover that holy company will help your acceleration on the path, awakening faith in you
  • Learn that in nishta you become aware that God is the only important quest in life
  • In bhakti you begin to know how much you love the Lord and how much He loves you; a magnificent relationship begins
  • How the master-servant relationship can be experienced in both nishta and bhava wherein one feels, “Lord, tell me what to do and I’ll do it.”
  • Hear about nitya lila, the eternal play of love between God and devotee

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