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=== भक्त्याम् ॥ In Bhakti ===

=== भक्त्याम् ॥ In Bhakti ===

A person can attain true bhakti only when one is able to purify one’s heart by destroying these inner impurities like lust, anger, and pride. And this destruction of inner impurities is brought about only by the practice of the tenets of dharma. The Narada Bhakti Sutra says: ‘Non-violence, truthfulness, purity, compassion, piety, and other essentials of good life, should be maintained.’29 Even in bhakti, a constant practice of samanya dharma is inevitable.<ref name=":7" />

A person can attain true bhakti only when one is able to purify one’s heart by destroying the inner impurities like lust, anger and pride. And this destruction of inner impurities is brought about only by the practice of the tenets of Dharma. The Narada Bhakti Sutra says,<blockquote>अहिंसासत्यशौचदयास्तिक्यादिचारित्र्याणि परिपालनीयानि ॥७८॥<ref>Nandlal Sinha (1911), [https://ia802606.us.archive.org/24/items/Sacred_Books_of_the_Hindus/SBH%2007%20-%20Bhakti%20Ratnavali%20of%20Vishnu%20Puri,%20Narada%20&%20Sandilya%20Bhakti%20Sutras%20English%20Translation%201912.pdf The Bhakti Sutras of Narada], Allahabad: The Panini Office, Bhuvaneswari Asrama.</ref> ahiṁsāsatyaśaucadayāstikyādicāritryāṇi paripālanīyāni ॥78॥</blockquote>Meaning: Non-violence, truthfulness, purity, compassion, piety and other essentials of good life, should be maintained.

 

Thus, even in bhakti, a constant practice of Samanya Dharma is inevitable.<ref name=":7" />

=== ज्ञाने ॥ In Jnana ===

=== ज्ञाने ॥ In Jnana ===