The spiritual journey is for the brave as it requires us to repeatedly reject material allurements and move towards devotion.

Devotional service to Guru leads to realized knowledge from within, and this knowledge naturally brings about the successive stages of enlightenment.

Our divine mother has loved us since endless lifetimes. As Durga she protected us, as Lakshmi she nurtured us and as Radha she filled devotion in us.

What may seem as devotion to God is in fact devotion to the world because we approach God for the fulfilment of our worldly desires.

By the grace of Yogmaya energy, which is Radha, one receives the love, knowledge, and grace of God. Great souls, who receive divine grace, become endowed with divine love, and engage in uninterrupted devotion toward God. Thus, great souls take shelter of the divine energy of God.

Let us live with optimism and faith in the grace of God. At present, we may be fallen, but if we cry out with devotion, He can transform even the most incorrigible sinners into the purest devotees.

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.

If we wish for bhakti devi—the goddess of devotion—to reside in our heart, we must first make it pure.