God is our eternal relative. He sits in our heart and stays with us in every lifetime. Hence, He is our eternal Father, Mother, Friend, and Well-wisher. Doing our spiritual duties towards Him is “bhakti.”

Self-realization can be achieved by self-effort. However, to reach God-realization, we require the intervention of divine grace. Such grace must be attracted through bhakti.

Meerabai's bhakti was completely steeped in the senitment 'Giridhar Gopal alone is All-in-All'. She renounced wordly relations and proved no barriers remain between the lover and Beloved.

True bhakti manifests as the desire to serve and glorify God.

Whether we do bhakti for ten minutes or for one hour, if our mind is in the world, it all amounts to zero.

You can perform bhakti even through mundane works by consecrating them as sacred offerings to your Supreme Beloved.

The real reason for which Lord takes avatar is to grace and bless souls. When souls attach their minds to form of God, they engage in Bhakti, which purifies their heart. Happy Janmasthami.

Goswami Tulsidas, the author of the Ramcharitmanas, has written a work so profound that every time I read it, I’m amazed. From a literary standpoint, it uses the finest poetic tools; from a scriptural view, it echoes Upanishadic mantras; and from a bhakti perspective, it’s an endless ocean of devotion.