Bhakti Marg

The Path of Devotion

Bhakti Marg — the path of devotion — is often misunderstood as mere sentimentality or emotional worship. In the living tradition we carry, Bhakti is recognized as the highest form of intelligence: the direct recognition that the very act of loving points to the ocean of love that is the nature of the Self.

When the lover dissolves into the Beloved, what remains is not two but One. This is the secret teaching of the great Bhaktas — from Mirabai to Tukaram, from Ramakrishna to Ramdas — that love, taken to its natural conclusion, becomes liberation itself.

The Nine Forms of Bhakti

The Narada Bhakti Sutras outline nine forms through which devotion can be expressed and cultivated: Shravana (listening), Kirtana (singing), Smarana (remembrance), Pada-sevana (service), Archana (worship), Vandana (salutation), Dasya (servitude), Sakhya (friendship), and Atma-nivedana (self-surrender).

In our teaching, all nine are honoured — and the seeker is guided to discover which mode of devotion arises most naturally from within their own heart.

Bhakti and Jnana — Two Wings of One Bird

Far from being opposed to Jnana (the path of Self-knowledge), Bhakti and Vedanta are seen in our tradition as two wings of the same bird of liberation. The heart that is open through devotion is the most natural vessel for the recognition of truth.

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