Bhakti( Devotion) in nutshell: Scripture hearing & reading( will help us to understand God, also reflect our development & defect), Deity & Guru worship, Saying prayer, Chanting mantra, Eating prasadam ( eating remnant of fresh satvik food after offering the God 1st. Food affect our mind & body ). Implementing divine quality in our life as described in scriptures and Sharing these knowledge with others. All these spiritual activities performed with devotion will help us to build the loving relationship with God and eventually with all other lives including nature (essence of Bhakti).
Deity worship as authorized in scriptures is worshiping personal form of God to express our devotion toward God that my existence & all my opulence is because of you.
Guru worship is essential part of Bhakti. Guru is authorized representative of God. Through the Guru only we can understand Vedic Scriptures.
Bhakti is very active process not a passive. It requires lots of determination and time management skill to practice Bhakti in our daily life. It is all about developing higher taste in our life. Once we develop higher taste in spiritual activities slowly we will detach from mundane worldly activities (ideal speaking it should happen with advancement in our age). By practicing Bhakti daily we remain detach from material bondage in present life and become happy and peaceful. Bhakti leads us toward ultimate goal of human life to get liberated from birth-death cycle ( it is not possible in other forms of lives).
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I am inspire to hear & read Vedic Scriptures & other philosophy by regularly listening Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale known as Dadaji ( speak on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
FYI: Good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com (Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures).
I also hear and read discourses & articles on Vedic thoughts & other philosophy from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples (Rasamitra Swami, Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, Bhakticharu Swami, Urmila Devi Dasi, Radhanath Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
I am posting some article based on Vedic scriptures and literature. Of course I use Google search to collect some data. Thanks to Facebook for providing platform.
It is always good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Besides my parents, spouse, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE.
Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by grace of Guru & God (Absolute Truth).
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