Swami on Bhakthi

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Dear Sai Brothers and Sisters,

Om Sai Ram. Humble Prayers to Swami that His Divine Blessings and Grace are always with each and everyone of you at all times.

BHAKTI

A man’s actions can be compared to the flight of a Bird, which needs three things to Fly –two wings and a tail– for its graceful movement. By means of the wings it balances itself in the air, and by the tail, like the rudder in a boat, it keeps its course.

In a Human being, love and knowledge are the two wings, and meditation the tail. When these function in harmony, Human beings become one with the Divine. This is the Highest Form of Bhakti.

What is devotion? In Sanskrit, the root of the word bhakti is bhaj with suffix ktin. Bhaj means to sing. But to sing what? To sing His name — to sing the glory of God.

 

In fact, bhajan, kirtanam, smaranam and even meditation are various forms of singing His name that purify the mind and connect it with an eternal flow of love for God. This most beautiful state of great attachment, deep love and great reverence aroused from constant bhajan is bhakti or devotion.

 

Bhakti has many stages. Praying to God with an expectation of getting something in return in any form is tamsik bhakti . Performing spiritual practices for one's own growth at spiritual level is called rajsik bhakti.

 

But whenever all attempts are made only to please the Lord for its own sake then it is called parabhakti, ragatmika bhakti, kaevalya bhakti — the culminating point of all spiritual adventures. In this stage, a devotee becomes one with God in boundless joy. He becomes one with God , that is True Bhakti.

Also, Today Iam starting the Final Translations of various Discourses of Swami that Iam including in my Book, I thank all of you who have Prayed for me in this Regard. Swami will always be with each and everyone of you.

Om Sri Sai Ram

Mahadevan