Bhakti Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Bhakti.
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“There is no sect [or, indeed, Hindu movement] without some element of bhakti.”
“Wikipedia: Bhakti”
“Both the Sandilya and the Narada quote the Bhagavad Gita on the one hand, and later Bhakthi literature on the other.”
“Bhakti Yoga is described by Swami Vivekananda as the path of systematized devotion for the attainment of union with the Absolute.”
“Bhakti: Others boast of their love for God. My boast is that I did not love God; it was He who loved me and forced me to belong to him.”
“Bharata Natyam is grounded in bhakti. In fact bhakti is at the center of all the arts of India. Our music and dance are two important offerings to God.”
“One achieves bhakti [love of God] by hearing and chanting about the Supreme Lord's special qualities, even while engaged in the ordinary activities of life in this world.”
“Fill your mind with Me, be My devotee, sacrifice unto Me, bow down to Me; thus having made thy heart steadfast in Me, taking Me as the Supreme Goal, thou shalt come to Me.”
“Complete effacement of the ego is necessary to conquer destiny, whether you achieve this effacement through Self-inquiry or through bhakti marga.”
“Tulsidas is a devotee of Rama, who is an emblem of moral values and decorum. Quite naturally, a tone of high seriousness marks his devotional poetry. His bhakti has a sound socio-moral base with a rational background.”
“The Narad Bhakthi Sutra takes a leap immediately into the doctrine of devotion and analyses its various aspects, and sets a ban against mere philosophical constructions.”
“The name of the Lord is the mighty force
He who takes refuge in Him is never abandoned.
The castle of His grace becomes his shelter:
They all resort to Him, great and small
As with the touch of the mystical store
Iron becomes gold.”
“... he [Chaitanya] described bhakti as that state of mind in which one abandons all duties through love of Krishna...one cannot reach the path of love without renouncing all thoughts of oneself.”
“In Manipur, dancing is charged with faith, the devotional fervour of bhakthi . To a Manipuri, one whole life is a dance offering.”