The "Narad Bhakti Sutra" is an excellent treatise on the spiritual philosophy of 'Bhakti' that is attributed to the great celestial sage Narad who is regarded as an expert in this field and the greatest exponent of devotion and love for the Lord God. It can also be called a 'Book of Spiritual Advice as taught by sage Narad'.
Narad's "Bhakti Sutra" is an excellent Book of Aphorisms that succinctly pin-point the key principles that act as a guide for an aspirant who wishes to attain spiritual blessedness, a sense of eternal bliss and joy that is obtained by self and God realisation. 'Bhakti is a devotional path to God that creates an unbreakable bond of love and affection between the devotee and his beloved Lord so much so that no distinction remains between the two of them. These aphorisms describe the philosophy of love and devotion for Lord God in a very concise and precise manner.
The word 'Sutra' means a 'key', a 'code', an 'aphorism', a 'formula', a 'principle'. A 'Sutra' when applied to any body of knowledge refers to a basic formula or the key principle by understanding which one can easily grasp the wider body of knowledge. Here that knowledge pertains to how 'Bhakti' (devotion and love) for Lord God can be practiced, what its many variants are, what are the pitfalls to be guarded against, and what its spiritual rewards are. A 'Sutra' is an indicator of something of profound importance and great significance. A wise man's effort should be to understand what that indication is; he must look for the spiritual goal that Bhakti points to and leads to.
All learners need an easy to read and understand guide-book to help them grasp the essentials of the subject of their interest. Similarly on the spiritual path too an aspirant would need guidelines and a road map to show him the correct way forward, to tell him what to do in order to achieve success in his spiritual endeavours and warn him against the various pitfalls and how to avoid them, to provide him with some benchmarks against which he can judge his success, and at the same time tell him the wonderful reward that awaits him if he follows the instructions properly. In the spiritual realm, Bhakti (devotion and love) for Lord God is of tremendous and singular importance. There are scriptures that deal with this eclectic spiritual theme, but they are so many of them, so vastly scattered and voluminous, and so varied in their contents and different in their prescriptions that a devotee is more likely to get confused and lost in the maze of advices given by them than actually be able to benefit from reading them. The present book "Narad Bhakti Sutra" fulfils this necessity as it presents the guidelines of Bhakti in a very precise and concise form in a language that is easy to understand.
This book contains gems of spiritual wisdom and is certain to inspire any person who is seeking spiritual guidance as to how to please his beloved Lord God in the easiest and the best possible way. This path would also lead him to the true goal of human life, which is to attain eternal bliss and beatitude as well as to find liberation and deliverance for the soul from the endless miseries associated with the cycle of birth and death in this mortal, delusory and gross world, which is attained by God-realisation and becoming one with the cosmic Soul.
A word of caution here: When the phrase "Lord God" is used anywhere in the text it refers to the 'Supreme Being' whom the devotee worships. This Supreme Being is the Lord as well as the God for the devotee.
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