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Bhakti-Yoga
Swami Vivekananda · Hinduism · 1896
20 chapters
Vivekananda on the path of devotional love — the yoga of the heart, in which love of God replaces effort and discrimination as the means of spiritual realisation.
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Contents
- 1Definition of Bhakti
- 2The Philosophy of Ishvara
- 3Spiritual Realisation, the Aim of Bhakti-Yoga
- 4The Need of Guru
- 5Qualifications of the Aspirant and the Teacher
- 6Incarnate Teachers and Incarnation
- 7The Mantra: Om: Word and Wisdom
- 8Worship of Substitutes and Images
- 9The Chosen Ideal
- 10The Method and the Means
- 11The Preparatory Renunciation
- 12The Bhakta's Renunciation Results from Love
- 13The Naturalness of Bhakti-Yoga and its Central Secret
- 14The Forms of Love: Manifestation
- 15Universal Love and How it Leads to Self-Surrender
- 16The Higher Knowledge and the Higher Love are One
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