Bhakti yoga by swami vivekananda

B HAKTI Y OGA -i%yaeg S WAMI V IVEKANANDA CELEPHAÏS PRESS Issued by Celephaïs Press, somewhere beyond the Tanarian Hills (i.e Leeds, England), November 2003 e.v This work is in the public domain CONTENTS ———— BHAKTI-YOGA PAGE PRAYER DEFINITION OF BHAKTI 10 THE PHILOSOPHY OF ISHWARA SPIRITUAL REALISATION, THE AIM OF BHAKTIYOGA 17 THE NEED OF A GURU 20 QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ASPIRANT AND THE TEACHER 24 INCARNATE TEACHERS AND INCARNATION 31 THE MANTRA: OM: WORD AND WISDOM 35 WORSHIP OF SUBSTITUTES AND IMAGES 39 THE CHOSEN IDEAL THE METHOD AND THE MEANS 43 46 PARA-BHAKTI PAGE THE PREPARATORY RENUNCATION 55 THE BHAKTA’S RENUNCATION RESULTS FROM LOVE 59 THE NATURALNESS OF BHAKTI-YOGA AND ITS CENTRAL SECRET 64 THE FORMS OF LOVE-MANIFESTATION 67 UNIVERSAL LOVE AND HOW IT LEADS TO SELFSURRENDER 70 THE HIGHER KNOWLEDGE AND THE HIGHER LOVE ARE ONE TO THE TRUE LOVER 75 THE TRIANGLE OF LOVE THE GOD OF LOVE IS HIS OWN PROOF 77 82 HUMAN REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DIVINE IDEAL OF LOVE 85 CONCLUSION 92 B HAKTI Y OGA Swami Vivekananda PRAYER s tNmyae ýMqt $zs saRgae -uvnSyaSy gaeßa, y $ze=Sy jgtae inTymev naNyae het…ivR*t $znay yaüa[< ivdxait pªvR < yae vE veda