Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of Love and Devotion
Vivekananda · ★★★★★ · 50 pages · 1978
One of the problems growing up in the west as an Indian is that there is a definite fear of God as the primacy of worship. Maybe it is the Puritan world view of America, The commandment “don’t take God’s name in vain.”
Vivekananda says otherwise. God is to be treated as a friend of equals, get angry, be friendly, love and don’t ask of anything in return. You don’t ask a best friend for anything in particular, you just go on adventures or enjoy each other’s company.
It was a refreshing read to for me that when I say “God damn it” in the Vedantic tradition I am not going to hell…