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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
The most important books are Ramayana, Srimad
Bhagavatam, Narayaneeyam, Gita, Vishnupurana.
Adhyatma Ramayana, Tulsi Ramayana (Rama-
charitamanas), Vishnu Sahasranama, Sandilya Sut-
ras, Siva Purana, Devi Bhagavata, the Narada Pancha-
ratram, Practice of Bhakti Yoga, Essence of Bhakti
Yoga, Bhakti and Sankirtan, Bhakti-rasamritam,
songs of Alwars and Nayanars, Thevaram, Thiru-
vachakam, Dasabodha, Tukkaram's Abhanga, Jna-
neshwari, Bhakti Rasayana, Bhakti Rasamritasindhu,
etc.
Every act that awakens the emotion of Bhakti
must be done. Keep the Pooja room clean. Decorate
the room. Burn incense. Lit a lamp. Keep a clean
seat. Bathe, wear clean clothes. Apply Vibhuti or
Bhasma and Kumkum on the forehead. Wear Rud-
raksha or Tulsimala. All these produce a benign in-
fluence on the mind and elevate the mind also. They
generate piety. They help to create the necessary
Bhav or feeling to invoke the deity that you want to
worship. The mind will be easily concentrated.
Practice of Sadachara or right conduct, Satsangh,
Japa, Smarana, Kirtan, Prayer, worship, service of
saints, residence in places of pilgrimage, service of
poor and the sick with divine Bhav, observances of
Varnashrama duties, offering of all actions and their
fruits to the Lord, feeling the presence of the Lord
in all beings, prostrations before the image and saints
with all the eight parts of the body, renunciation of
earthly enjoyments and wealth, charity, austerities
and vows, practice of Ahimsa, Satyam and Brahma-
charya all these will help you to develop Bhakti.
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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
The most important books are Ramayana, Srimad
Bhagavatam, Narayaneeyam, Gita, Vishnupurana.
Adhyatma Ramayana, Tulsi Ramayana (Rama-
charitamanas), Vishnu Sahasranama, Sandilya Sut-
ras, Siva Purana, Devi Bhagavata, the Narada Pancha-
ratram, Practice of Bhakti Yoga, Essence of Bhakti
Yoga, Bhakti and Sankirtan, Bhakti-rasamritam,
songs of Alwars and Nayanars, Thevaram, Thiru-
vachakam, Dasabodha, Tukkaram's Abhanga, Jna-
neshwari, Bhakti Rasayana, Bhakti Rasamritasindhu,
etc.
Every act that awakens the emotion of Bhakti
must be done. Keep the Pooja room clean. Decorate
the room. Burn incense. Lit a lamp. Keep a clean
seat. Bathe, wear clean clothes. Apply Vibhuti or
Bhasma and Kumkum on the forehead. Wear Rud-
raksha or Tulsimala. All these produce a benign in-
fluence on the mind and elevate the mind also. They
generate piety. They help to create the necessary
Bhav or feeling to invoke the deity that you want to
worship. The mind will be easily concentrated.
Practice of Sadachara or right conduct, Satsangh,
Japa, Smarana, Kirtan, Prayer, worship, service of
saints, residence in places of pilgrimage, service of
poor and the sick with divine Bhav, observances of
Varnashrama duties, offering of all actions and their
fruits to the Lord, feeling the presence of the Lord
in all beings, prostrations before the image and saints
with all the eight parts of the body, renunciation of
earthly enjoyments and wealth, charity, austerities
and vows, practice of Ahimsa, Satyam and Brahma-
charya all these will help you to develop Bhakti.
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