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Concept

Bhakti Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita

भक्ति योग

Bhakti yoga is the path of devotion, love, and surrender to the divine.

Core idea

Bhakti in the Gita is not only emotion. It is sustained orientation, loyalty, remembrance, and offering of action to Krishna.

Where it becomes explicit

Chapter 12 is the clearest concentrated teaching on bhakti, but devotional language appears earlier and deepens later.

Core Definition

Bhakti yoga is the path of devotion, love, and surrender to the divine.

Context

Understanding in context

These chapters are useful starting points if you want to move from the concept page back into the primary text.