The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion
A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras
Prem Prakash
- •
- The
- first
- translation
- of
- this
- great
- but
- little-known
- path
- of
- spiritual
- devotion
- written
- for
- the
- modern
- Western
- audience.•
- An
- insightful
- commentary
- aimed
- at
- making
- the
- path
- of
- love
- immediately
- accessible
- to
- Westerners.•
- A
- life-affirming
- and
- relationship-positive
- path
- of
- yoga.•
- Written
- in
- the
- spirit
- of
- the
- kirtans
- (ecstatic
- songs
- and
- dances)
- of
- Narada,
- sensitively
- translated
- by
- Prem
- Prakash.Bhakti
- Yoga,
- the
- path
- of
- devotion,
- is
- considered
- one
- of
- the
- primary
- paths
- for
- spiritual
- realization
- in
- yogic
- tradition.
- Its
- representative,
- Narada,
- is
- the
- embodiment
- of
- the
- enlightened
- sage
- who
- travels
- the
- universe
- spreading
- his
- sacred
- teachings.
- Unlike
- Jnana
- Yoga,
- the
- Yoga
- of
- Wisdom,
- the
- bhakti
- acolyte
- does
- not
- discriminate
- against
- material
- phenomena--for
- him,
- all
- phenomena
- are
- aspects
- of
- God.
- Within
- the
- context
- of
- Ananda,
- blissful
- love,
- the
- temporal
- is
- realized
- as
- the
- reflection
- of
- the
- eternal,
- and
- the
- soul
- is
- realized
- as
- the
- expression
- of God.
