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'''Kevala bhakti''' ([[Roman Sanskrit]]: ''kevalá bhakti'') means "complete non-attributional devotion". According to [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]], [[Parama Purusa]] can be attained only through ''kevala bhakti''.<ref name="Discourses on Tantra Volume Two">{{cite book|title=Discourses on Tantra Volume Two|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti|chapter=Yoga, Tantra, and Kevalá Bhakti}}</ref>
'''Kevala bhakti''' ([[Roman Sanskrit]]: ''kevalá bhakti'') means "complete non-attributional devotion". According to [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]], [[Parama Purusa]] can be attained only through ''kevala bhakti''.<ref name="Discourses on Tantra Volume Two">{{cite book|title=Discourses on Tantra Volume Two|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti|chapter=Yoga, Tantra, and Kevalá Bhakti}}</ref>


== Description ==
== Description ==
Kevala bhakti is a form of bhakti (i.e. devotion). Bhakti is defined as—<ref name="Discourses on Tantra Volume Two" />
<poem>Bhaktir Bhagavato sevá bhaktih prema svarúpinii;
Bhaktiránanda rupá ca bhakti bhaktasya jiivanam.</poem>
('''Translation:''' Bhakti is service to God; bhakti is the form taken by divine love; <br/>
Bhakti is the embodiment of bliss; bhakti is the life of the devotee.]
Anandamurti told that when a spiritual aspirant goes forward towards Parama Purusa by doing [[sadhana]], s/he develops an exclusive devotion and exclusive love for God. This is called kevala bhakti. According to Anandamurti, only in this stage the devotion of the ''bhakta'' (devotee) reaches its fruition or culmination.
Anandamurti told that when a spiritual aspirant goes forward towards Parama Purusa by doing [[sadhana]], s/he develops an exclusive devotion and exclusive love for God. This is called kevala bhakti. According to Anandamurti, only in this stage the devotion of the ''bhakta'' (devotee) reaches its fruition or culmination.


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