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ananya bhakti

ananya bhakti

Devotion that knows no otherness (ananya). Loving everything as myself. Also called non-dual bhakti or parabhakti.

Extended definition:
  • ananya bhakti

    And what one does not want to do to oneself, one does not do to a so-called other, because there is no otherness. In other words: I love myself completely and unconditionally and I am the world: viśvam aham vicitram, 'I am the world, oh wonder' (kaivalya 20).

    Similar para bhakti. Supreme devotion. What is the supreme devotion? A devotion that no other knows (ananya bhakti). Such a devotee (bhakta), sees everything as brahman, himself, and therefore loves everything completely as himself.

The explanation of this Sanskrit term was written by Simon de Jong.
On the index page you will find the complete Sanskrit glossary.

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