Bhakti Quotes:

The path that is followed by most persons in the beginning of their spitirual search is the path of love, bhakti yoga.

- Frederick Lenz

topic: Yoga, Path Of Love, Bhakti

As you pass through bhakti yoga, as you pass through love, you're elated. You're fulfilled and you're joyous.

- Frederick Lenz

topic: Yoga, Love You, Bhakti

Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Sweet, Humility, Bhakti

Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Bhakti

Bhakti is expressed through our service attitude.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Attitude, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).

- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

topic: Skills, Needs, Success In Life, Shakti, Bhakti

One way for attaining Bhakti is by repeating the name of God a number of times. Mantras have effect: the mere repetition of words.... To obtain Bhakti, seek the company of holy men who have Bhakti, and read books like the Gita and the Imitation of Christ; always think of the attributes of God.

- Swami Vivekananda

topic: Book, Men, Thinking, Attributes Of God, Bhakti

Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee? He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity. The water of God's grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.

- Ramakrishna

topic: Running, Vanity, Long, Bhakti

Substance of Bhakti is Surrender and Humility.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Humility, Substance, Surrender, Bhakti

Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little selves and making us think of ourselves as the lowest and the least, and, therefore, it is all good. Here we find that Jnâna, Bhakti, and Karma - all come to one point.

- Swami Vivekananda

topic: Karma, Thinking, Self, Acts Of Charity, Bhakti

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Compassion, Essence, God Love, Bhakti

Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.

- Krishna Das

source: Twitter post from Feb 15, 2016

topic: Falling In Love, Yoga, Mean, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.

- Vinoba Bhave

topic: Karma, Mean, Doe, Bhakti

Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Faith, Scripture, Devotion, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

Love does not grow on trees or brought in the market, but if one wants to be "LOVED" one must first know how to give (unconditional) LOVE..

- Kabir

topic: Unconditional Love, Giving, Tree, Bhakti

Only love for the Supreme Lord is true Bhakti. Love for any other being, however great, is not Bhakti. The "Supreme Lord" here means Ishvara, the concept of which transcends what you in the West mean by the personal God. "He from whom this universe proceeds, in whom it rests, and to whom it returns, He is Ishvara, the Eternal, the Pure, the All-Merciful, the Almighty, the Ever-Free, the All-Knowing, the Teacher of all teachers, the Lord who of His own nature is inexpressible Love."

- Swami Vivekananda

source: Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3193, Manonmani Publishers

topic: Teacher, Mean, Knowing, Bhakti

Bhakti yoga is a way of transforming your emotion from negativity to utmost pleasantness.

- Jaggi Vasudev

topic: Spiritual, Yoga, Negativity, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

Ram Dass

- Ram Dass

source: Ram Dass (2013). “Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart”, p.80, Sounds True

topic: Art, Pain, Unbearable, Transcending, Quaker

One is the path of devotion, what in India is called BHAKTI yoga, the path of love and devotion - a Meera, a Chaitanya, dancing and singing, losing themselves completely in the act. When Meera is dancing there is only dance, there is no Meera; the dancer is completely merged into the dance. When Chaitanya is singing and dancing there is no Chaitanya; he has become one with the act.

- Rajneesh

topic: Yoga, Dancing, Dancer, Path Of Love, Bhakti

Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the will (lack of perseverance), and destruction of everything. (Narada Bhakti Sutra)

- Swami Vivekananda

topic: Perseverance, Anger, Evil, Bhakti

The ultimate goal of Bhakti is to get Krishna and we get it by taking shelter of the holy name.

- Bhakti Charu Swami

topic: Names, Goal, Shelter, Bhakti, Ultimate Goal

Devotion (Bhakti) includes Sentimental Devotion (Bhav Bhakti) and Devotion through action (Kruti Bhakti).

- Pandurang Shastri Athavale

topic: Sentimental, Action, Devotion, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

The path of bhakti, karma and love as expounded in the Gita leaves no room for the despising of man by man.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

topic: Karma, Men, Gita, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

He who has really prayed to the Master, even once, has nothing to fear. By, praying to him constantly one gets ecstatic love (Prema Bhakti) through his grace.

- Sarada Devi

topic: Grace, Ecstatic Love, Praying, Bhakti

Who cares for your bhakti and mukti? Who cares what your scriptures say? I will go into a thousand hells cheerfully if I can rouse my countrymen, immersed in tamas, to stand on their own feet and be men inspired with the spirit of karma-yoga. I am a follower only of he or she who serves and helps others without caring for his own bhakti and mukti!

- Swami Vivekananda

topic: Karma, Yoga, Caring, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

Why are we not tasting the bliss of Bhakti? Because we are taking shelter of stone boats. We are sinking and drowning in Maya & still we are further taking shelter of stone boats and this can go on life after life.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Goes On, Shelter, Stones, Bhakti

Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also the goal of all. The method is chosen according to one's own fitness. The goal for all is the same. Yet different names are given to the goal only to suit the process preliminary to reaching the goal. Bhakti, Yoga, Jnana are all the same.

- Ramana Maharshi

topic: Spiritual, Wisdom, Yoga, Different Names, Bhakti

Arise! Arise! A tidal wave is coming! Onward! Men and women, down to the Chandala (Pariah) - all are pure in his eyes. Onward! Onward! There is no time to care for name, or fame, or Mukti, or Bhakti! We shall look to these some other time. Now in this life let us infinitely spread his lofty character, his sublime life, his infinite soul. This is the only work - there is nothing else to do.

- Swami Vivekananda

source: Swami Vivekananda (2007). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

topic: Character, Eye, Men, Pariahs, Bhakti

Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma - these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga.

- Swami Vivekananda

topic: Karma, Spiritual, Stress, Karma Yoga, Spiritual Freedom

The pure mystic wishes to approach his God only in the all-embracing love. The yogi, too, walks toward one single aspect of God. The bhakti-yogi keeps to the road of love and devotion, the raja and hatha yogi choose the path of self-control or volition, the jnana yogi will follow that of wisdom and cognition.

- Franz Bardon

topic: Self, Magic, Wish, Volition, Embracing Love

Bhakti is a Social Force

- Pandurang Shastri Athavale

topic: Strength, Social, Force, Bhakti

Government has only one religion - India first! Government has one holy book - the Constitution. The Government must be immersed in only one Bhakti- Bharat Bhakti! The Government's only strength is Jan Shakti! Government's only ritual is the well being of the 125 crore Indians! The only code of conduct of the Government should be 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas!

- Narendra Modi

topic: Book, Government, Politics, Shakti, Bhakti

I teach Zen, tantric mysticism, jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, Tibetan mysticism, occultism and psychic development. I also teach poetry and literature, film and many other different things.

- Frederick Lenz

topic: Yoga, Buddhism, Psychics, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga

In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Spiritual, Journey, Practice, Devotion To God, Bhakti