The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion: A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti SutrasInner Traditions / Bear & Co, 1998 - 159 pages • The first translation of this great but little-known path of spiritual devotion written for the modern Western audience. • An insightful commentary aimed at making the path of love immediately accessible to Westerners. • A life-affirming and relationship-positive path of yoga. • Written in the spirit of the kirtans (ecstatic songs and dances) of Narada, sensitively translated by Prem Prakash. Bhakti Yoga, the path of devotion, is considered one of the primary paths for spiritual realization in yogic tradition. Its representative, Narada, is the embodiment of the enlightened sage who travels the universe spreading his sacred teachings. Unlike Jnana Yoga, the Yoga of Wisdom, the bhakti acolyte does not discriminate against material phenomena--for him, all phenomena are aspects of God. Within the context of Ananda, blissful love, the temporal is realized as the reflection of the eternal, and the soul is realized as the expression of God. |
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accomplished yogi activities ananda api-even arise aspirant avidya Baba Hari Baba Hari Dass beautiful becomes Beloved Bhagavad Gita bhakti sutras bhakti yogi bhava bhavati bhavati-becomes Verse bliss body bondage buddhi ca-and Verse companionship compassion consciousness cultivate disciple divine duty egoic egoistic emotional energy enlightened eva-only exists experience expressed external feels fruit goal God's gopis grace guru happiness heart human inner stillness Ishvara iti-thus jnana yoga karma yoga Krishna lives manifest means mind modes of nature na-not Narada Narada Bhakti Sutras ocean of illusion one's pain Patanjali perceive previous verse raja yoga Ramana Maharshi reality realize relationship religious relinquished result sage sat-chit-ananda sattva scriptures seek sense separation Shiva siddha siddhis social soul spiri spiritual devotion spiritual path spiritual practice subtle supreme love tamas tat-that teachers teachings thoughts tion tual devotion Uddhava verse 16 Vyasa waves worship yaḥ-one yogic yogic paths yogic tradition भवति