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namaste I'd like to invite you to watch
a series titled understanding body this
series is an introduction to bhakti but
it also contains a lot of very important
and quite deep spiritual principles the
path of bhakti the bhakti marg is one of
the most wonderful paths of spiritual
enlightenment unfortunately today there
are many people that are speaking about
and promoting what they say is bhakti
but in fact it is not real and authentic
bhakti as it was taught and propounded
by the Vedas and specifically by srila
Veda Vyasa dev the compiler of the Vedas
bhakti is unique amongst all of the
fathers of yoga
while most paths of yoga help a person
progressively spiritually advanced and
are therefore more or less a means to an
end
it is bhakti alone that is both a means
and an end in and of itself so I will
try to or attempt to humbly share
and authentic and ancient understanding
of this path body is understood to be
the culmination of all yoga and it is
the culmination of all yoga because when
we look at the path of spiritual
enlightenment there are three specific
types of spiritual enlightenment of the
self and of God the first is the
enlightenment of myself in essence as
being spirit a hum brahmasmi
or I am spirit there are other types of
enlightenment that not only contain this
but also give me a clear understanding
of what is my natural position in
relation to all things whether it is
this world whether it is material
creation whether it is other living
beings and the supreme being to realize
the natural function of the soul itself
is the it is the path of bhakti alone
that will award one with this form of
spiritual realization so I have
previously done a series of talks titled
yoga spirituality enlightenment and God
and it would probably be helpful for
people at Anu to this spiritual process
- perhaps view this series first bhakti
is actually an expression of the eternal
serving mood of the soul itself it is
not some emotion or some mental
expression it is a mature product of
full spiritual realization it is not
just a technique as sometimes it is
taught and it is proposed by some
teachers that it is just simply a
technique or a method that one can use
for spiritual enlightenment and when
that spiritual enlightenment comes one
will give up these activities but this
is an incorrect understanding srila
vyasadeva spoke in great detail about
this in the series we will look at what
bhakti is and what it is not we will
also look upon near teachings of Lord
Jesus Christ and Christianity as it is
presented and where that falls in
relation to the understanding of what is
bhakti we will speak in some detail
about the personal aspect of Godhead
known as Bhagavan and this highest
manifestation of Bhagavan known as Sri
Krishna we will speak about whether it
is possible to actually come to know
this spiritual personality and whether a
person can actually develop a
relationship of profound spiritual love
with this supreme person so I would like
to extend this invitation to you we will
also speak on some other subjects like
Hindu vaishnavism
we will also speak about the great
apostle of love as he was called sri
chaitanya mahaprabhu who 500 years ago
was a great propound of bhakti and is
considered both the father of the modern
but the movement if I can describe it as
such and he was also the father of the
kirtan movement so I'm hoping that you
will greatly benefit from this humble
attempt of mine to share this very
profound incredibly mystical and
spiritually wonderful topic and the
topic of bhakti or divine love thank you
very much
namaste
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krishna krishna honey
partiro buddy
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