Sunday 4 November 2018

Mahabhagavatam describes nine forms of bhakti or devotional services



💚🌀🐚🐘Mahabhagavatam describes nine forms of bhakti or devotional services. 🐘🐚🌀💚
Shravanam: Listening the stories and glories of God.
Kirtanam: Singing or Reciting the names and glories of God.
Smaranam: Recalling God and His exploits.
Pada-sevanam: Waiting on Him.
Archanam: Ritual Worship of God’s forms or images.
Vandanam: Prostration to God.
Dasyam: Service to His personality or incarnation.
Sakhyam: Befriending Him.
Atma-nivedanam: Dedicating oneself to him, heart and soul.
🌀🐚The 'Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu' states the following nine primary activities of bhakti, with the instruction that by following all, or just one or any of them, a devotee can secure the love of God:
1) Hearing about the Lord - singing & chanting God's names (japa), hearing stories from scripture.
2) Glorifying the Lord - describing God's all-attractive features.
3) Remembering the Lord - internal meditation on the Lord's form, activities, names or personality.
4) Serving the lotus feet of the Lord - providing a form of physical service.
5) Worshiping the Lord - deity worship (arcana) is a popular form of this within India.
6) Offering prayers to the Lord - any form of prayer offered to please God.
7) Serving the Lord - offering a service for Lord's pleasure, such as preaching activity.
😎 Building a friendship with the Lord - having an internal, loving relationship with God.
9) Surrendering everything unto the Lord - surrendering one's thoughts, actions and deeds to God.! 🌼🌸💚🌷🐘🌿🌈💖🌸💛🌼🌈🐘🌷💕💚💛🌸🌺🐘🌈
Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Om Namah Shivaya ~ Jai Shri Ganeshaya Namah 🌼🌸💚🌷🐘🌿🌈💖🌸💛🌼🌈🐘🌷💕💚💛🌸🌺🐘🌈

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