BHAKTI
FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: BHAKTI (DEVOTION TO GOD) As I perceive! Bhakti or devotion towards God is inherent in all irrespective of different religious affiliations and beliefs. The ways people practice and/or let it out are however different. Hinduism doesn’t prescribe any hard and/or rigid rules for practicing devotion to God. It doesn’t even compel anyone to toe a particular line. Hinduism gives many options to choose one or more from. The term ‘Bhakti’ has its root in the Sanskrit word ‘Bhaj’ and is accepted, adopted, and widely used in all Indian languages. The term means realization, attachment, devotion to, fondness for, homage, faith or love, worship, piety, etc. with a loving heart towards the SUPREME BEING called GOD. It seeks to serve unconditionally. Bhakti connotes an exceptionally emotional enunciation of extraordinary but not easily explainable divine devotion and love towards the Supreme Being. Just like creation supposes a creator, we are...