Bhakti

A question to carry

How does devotion shape attention, relationship, and action?

Bhakti spans many communities and philosophical positions. Ram Dass is this collection’s first contemporary doorway, not a representative of all devotional traditions.

Words you will meet

Bhakti

Devotion or devotional participation, understood within a particular tradition.

Japa

Repetition of a divine name or mantra; specific practices have their own contexts.

Seva

Service, often understood as a devotional practice.

A distinction worth keeping

Devotion can be expressed in dualist and nondualist traditions. A gratitude exercise does not replace their religious practices.