The 9 coins of Bhakti
•Saturday, September 16, 2006
Bhakti means devotion or pure love. The 9 forms include:

1. Sravanam / Hearing the glories of God.
2. Kirtanam / Singing the glories of God.
3. Smaranam / Internal meditation on the Lord's form.
4. Padasevanam / Serving His lotus feet.
5. Archanam / Worshiping(deity worship) the Lord.
6. Vandanam / Prostration to Lord(offering prayers to please God).
7. Dasyam / Servant of God.
8. Sakhyam / Friendship with the Lord.
9. Atmanivedanam / Complete surrender of the Self.

These nine modes of Bhakti help the devotee to remain constantly in touch with God. A devotee can take up any of these paths and reach the highest state.
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12 comments:

On September 17, 2006 10:04 AM , Kuan Gung said...

Very nice...great posts and so much wisdom!

 
On September 18, 2006 5:55 AM , di.di said...

nice to know that, since i dont have any clue about it... keep posting

 
On September 18, 2006 5:07 PM , Keshi said...

nice!

I also think that the hands that do service are holier than the lips that pray :)

Keshi.

 
On September 19, 2006 10:53 AM , Kalpana said...

kuan gung : thanks...

drama diva : Sure and it will take some time...

keshi : Very much true... There is a saying 'Service to Man is Service to God'. Need to follow it ASAP.

 
On September 19, 2006 1:46 PM , Sree said...

Navavidha bhakti... beautiful... waiting for the next gem.

 
On September 20, 2006 6:58 AM , Hip Grandma said...

Isn't that from Sai Sat Charita?thanks for sharing

 
On September 21, 2006 10:03 AM , Kalpana said...

sush : Thanks...

hip grandma : Yes. It is from that. But it was defined early itself in Bhagavad geeta by Lord Krishna. And Lord Sai is Krishna's form. Ofcourse, He is God of Gods and Guru. The way we want(any God), He will appear to us.

 
On September 21, 2006 10:43 AM , Keshi said...

so true.

Keshi.

 
On September 21, 2006 6:45 PM , my life.... said...
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On September 21, 2006 6:46 PM , my life.... said...

Krithanam...reminds of teh malayalam movie cated by Pritiviraj

 
On September 21, 2006 6:46 PM , my life.... said...

Krithanam...reminds of the malayalam movie casted by Pritiviraj

 
On September 25, 2006 2:05 PM , All Is Whole said...

And one thing i wanna add...
serve others that will also bring you much closer to the GOD

 
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