Bhakti Sutras

Meditation Tuesdays, The Path of Love, Spiritual Devotion, Narada’s Bhakti Sutras with Lyonne

Time: Tuesday 19:30 Malta Time

Bhakti and sutra are Sanskrit terms meaning "devotion to God" and "sacred thread," respectively. "Bhakti Sutra," says that the love of God is the highest level of love.

Firstly bhakti itself is defined as being "the most elevated, pure love for God which is eternal by nature and through following which one obtains perfect peace and immortality (release from samsara). The symptoms of such devotion are that one no longer has any selfish desires nor is affected by the dualities of loss or gain for himself, being fully content with (and experiencing ecstasy through) the process of bhakti itself.

Narada describes that lust is absent in those who execute bhakti purely because they naturally have no personal desires to fulfill.

The Narada Bhakti Sutras are considered to have been composed sometime around…