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# Bhakti in Essence – Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 3

***Narada Bhakti Sutra***

Sutra 3

***amṛta-svarūpā ca***

**This pure love for God is eternal.**

All spiritual paths, or yogas, are simply a means or practice (

*sadhana*

) to achieve a transcendent objective (

*sadhya*

). 

*Bhakti*

, unlike other yogas, is not just a steppingstone to a goal but also the goal itself, the 

*sadhya*

. By the practice of selfless devotion we attain the fruit of pure devotion, the only difference being their respective maturity. In contrast, the practice and goal of all other paths are quite at variance. For example, the 

*jnani*

 strives for 

*moksa*

 (liberation), a state of untroubled awareness, but his practice is 

*vairagya*

, arduous renunciation. And like every other path, except 

*bhakti*

, its mode of practice is relinquished upon accomplishment. To highlight that 

*bhakti*

 unlike other paths is not just an intermediary step to achieve something else but also what the practitioner is seeking to attain in perfection, Sri Narada asserts that 

*bhakti*

 is eternal. In implying that 

*bhakti*

 is the goal or ultimate attainment, Narada is following the authority of standard texts like the 

*Taittiriya Upanishad*

, where the ultimate reality is described as 

*rasa vai saha*

, a flow of pure and intense devotion.

 

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