〔電子〕Exploring Bhakti

Bhakti, or bhakti yoga, is a primary path for enlightenment and transformation in the yoga tradition. It’s the most common form of the yogas and has been practiced for millennia. Bhakti, sometimes called the yoga of love, devotion, and service is a methodology used for millennia by normal people as well as seers and mystics to know the self, clear the mind and achieve peace, develop balance, purity, wisdom, answer life’s pressing questions, realize our knowing and blissful nature, and reconnect with our Infallible Source in the joy of mutual loving exchanges, which brings the highest bliss. In Western yoga circles, the term is often associated with the increasingly popular practice of kirtan or chanting in a group. But bhakti yoga is far more complex and ancient and embraces many strands and practices. A bhakti practice is deceptively simple. For this reason, many people gloss over the path and miss all that it has to offer in its richness and sophisticated philosophy. What is Bhakti and how is it expressed? These questions and more are examined in Exploring Bhakti, which is a concise introduction to bhakti that retains the simplicity, authenticity, and richness of the yoga system.