NAVADHA BHAKTI By Swami Pratyagbodhananda Friday, January 23, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM in ENGLISH

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NAVADHA BHAKTI

Navadha Bhakti in English

By  Swami  Pratyagbodhanandaji

Friday, January 23rd,  7:15 PM – 9:00 PM

  Swami Pratyagbodhanandaji, a disciple of Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati follows the traditional methods of the teaching of Vedanta. Swami Pratyagbodhananda is at home in handling three languages - English, Gujarati and Hindi. He teaches in all these languages, not only Vedantic texts like the Gita, Upanisads, Panchadasi, and the like, but also Tulsi's Ramayana and the Bhagavata Purana. Swami Pratyagbodhanada has had extensive satsang with Swami Akhandananda Saraswati and his disciples in Brindavan. His discourses on Ramayana and Bhagavatam reflect these invaluable devotion-rich satsangs.   http://www.arshavidya.org

Navadha Bhakti – The Nine Steps of Devotion. These nine steps of devotional service are described as helping the devotee remain constantly in touch with God. In the Ramayana, Lord Rama explains the nine types of devotion or penance to Shabri.

       The Bhagavata Purana teaches nine primary forms of bhakti, as explained by Prahlada:(1) śravaṇa (“listening” to the scriptural stories of Kṛṣṇa and his companions), (2) kīrtana (“praising,” usually refers to ecstatic group singing), (3) smaraṇa (“remembering” or fixing the mind on Viṣṇu), (4) pāda-sevana (rendering service), (5) arcana (worshiping an image), (6) vandana (paying homage), (7) dāsya (servitude), (8) sākhya (friendship), and (9) ātma-nivedana(complete surrender of the self). (from Bhagata Purana, 7.5.23-24)
Navadha Bhakti:- Nine ways or forms of devotion

           These nine moral values of devotional service are described as helping the devotee remain constantly in touch with God. The processes of japa and internal meditation on the aspirant devotees’s chosen deity form (ishta deva) are especially popular in most bhakti schools. Bhakti is a yoga path, in that its aim is a form of divine, loving union with the Supreme Lord. The exact form of the Lord, or type of union varies between the different schools, but the essence of each process is very similar.

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8th --  NITA RATHOD and HEMALATHA

15th – ALLI NATESH  AND  HEMALATHA

22nd  -  NITA  RATHOD and HEMALATHA

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8th --  NITA RATHOD and HEMALATHA

15th – ALLI NATESH  AND  HEMALATHA

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29^th  - ALLI NATESH     and   HEMALATHA

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12th --  NITA RATHOD and HEMALATHA

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MAY   --  2015

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10th --  NITA RATHOD and HEMALATHA

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NAVADHA BHAKTI:- NINE WAYS OR FORMS OF DEVOTION

Navadha Bhakti:- Nine ways or forms of devotion

The Bhagavata Purana teaches nine primary forms of bhakti, as explained by Prahlada

(1) śravaṇa (“listening” to the scriptural stories of Kṛiṣṇa   (2) kīrtana (“praising,” usually refers to ecstatic group singing), (3) smaraṇa (“remembering” or fixing the mind on Viṣṇu), (4) pāda-sevana (rendering service), (5) arcana (worshiping an image), (6) vandana (paying homage), (7) dāsya (servitude), (8) sākhya (friendship), and (9) ātma-nivedana(complete surrender of the self).

 (from Bhagata Purana, 7.5.23-24)

Navadha Bhakti:- Nine ways or forms of devotion (Sri Ramcharitmanas)

श्रीराम जी  ने शबरी को नवधा भक्ति के बारे में ज्ञान दिया था:
अवधी भाषा में (रामचरितमानस से)
नवधा भगति कहउं तोहि पाहीं। सावधान सुनु धरु मन माहीं॥

The nine steps of devotion, I impart to you. Listen you well and remember it always. 

1. प्रथम भगति संतन्ह कर संगा। 

Pratham Bhagati Santan kar sangaa
The first step to devotion (Bhakti) is to keep company of the saints (Satsang).

2. दुसरि रति मम कथा प्रसंगा॥

Doosri rati mam kathaa prasangaa
The second step is to enjoy listening to legends/discourses pertaining to the Lord.

3. गुरु पद पंकज सेवा तीसरि भगति अमान।

Guru pankaj seva, teesri bhakti amaan
Selfless service to the Guru’s lotus feet without any pride is the third step.

4. चौथि भगति मम गुन गन करइ कपट तजि गान॥

Chouthi Bhagati mam gun gaan, karai kapat tajee gaan
The fourth step is to earnestly sing praises of the Lord’s virtues with a heart clear of guile, deceit or hypocrisy.

5. मंत्र जाप मम दृढ़ बिस्वासा। पंचम भजन सो बेद प्रकासा॥

Mantra jaap mam dridh Visvaasaa, Pancham, bhajan jo Ved Prakaasaa
Chanting My Name with steadfast faith is the fifth step as the Vedas reveal.

6. छठ दम सील बिरति बहु करमा। निरत निरंतर सज्जन धरमा॥

Chattha dasa seela birati bahu karmaa, nirat nirantara sajjan dharma
The sixth, is to practice self-control, good character, detachment from manifold activities and always follow the duties as good religious person.

7. सातवँ सम मोहि मय जग देखा। मोतें संत अधिक करि लेखा॥

Saatvam sam mohi main jag dekhaa, motey sant adhik kar lekhaa
The seventh step is to perceive the world as God Himself and regard the saints higher than the Lord.

8. आठवँ जथालाभ संतोषा। सपनेहुं नहिं देखइ परदोषा॥

Aathvam jathaa laabh santoshaa, sapneu nahin, dekhai par doshaa
The eighth, is a state (which one arrives at when one travels the first seven steps) where there is no desire left, but the gift of perfect peace and contentment with whatever one has. (In this state) one does not see fault in others, even in a dream.

9. नवम सरल सब सन छलहीना। मम भरोस हिय हरष न दीना॥

Navam saral sab san chhal heena, mam bharos heenya harash na deenaa
In this state, one has full faith in the Lord, and becomes (child-like) simple with no hypocrisy or deceit. The devotee has strong faith in the Lord with neither exaltation or depression in any life circumstance (but becomes equanimous).
नव महुं एकउ जिन्ह कें होई। नारि पुरूष सचराचर कोई॥
सोइ अतिसय प्रिय भामिनी मोरें। सकल प्रकार भगति दृढ़ तोरें॥
Shri Ram adds that Shabri’s Bhakti is perfectly complete. Yet if anyone were to have taken even one step towards devotion, out of all nine, he/she would be very dear to the Lord.