{"id":3091,"date":"2015-07-16T22:08:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T22:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruvani.net\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2015-07-16T22:08:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T22:08:53","slug":"bhakti-is-the-substance-of-spiritualism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2015\/07\/16\/bhakti-is-the-substance-of-spiritualism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhakti is the substance of Spiritualism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3092\" src=\"https:\/\/cbsatpathyjidotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/image1.jpg?resize=300%2C450\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/>It is said in the Vedas that the power of all the Hindu deities are inherent in the form of the <em>Sadguru<\/em>. So there is nothing wrong if only the <em>Sadguru<\/em> is worshiped at home or if He is worshiped in the form and manner of any deity. Sikh devotees sacrificed their lives happily for their Gurus because it was their belief that the Guru is eternal and will always be with them. It\u00a0is absolutely necessary to have immense faith in the Sadguru and worship Him as God. At the same time it is required to <em>simplify<\/em> the method of worship of the Sadguru.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Whereas Puja is a methodology, Bhakti is the substance of spiritualism.<\/p>\n<p>Source: BABA MAY I ANSWER by Guruji Dr.C.B Satpathy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify\">It is said in the Vedas that the power of all the Hindu deities are inherent in the form of the Sadguru. So there is nothing wrong if only the Sadguru is worshiped at home or if He is worshiped in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gurujis-teachings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wChg-NR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9943,"url":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/guru-bhakti-beyond-ritual-fear-and-logic\/","url_meta":{"origin":3091,"position":0},"title":"Guru-Bhakti Beyond Ritual, Fear, and Logic","author":"GVADMIN3","date":"January 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Chapter 23 of Sri Sai Satcharitra is not a chapter of abstract philosophy\u2014it is a living demonstration of Guru-bhakti in action. Through seemingly ordinary incidents involving food, disease, danger, and moral conflict, Shirdi Sai Baba reveals a deep spiritual truth: liberation does not come through techniques, logic, or outward purity,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Teachings of Dr. Satpathy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Teachings of Dr. Satpathy","link":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/category\/gurujis-teachings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Image-Jan-25-2026-01_14_44-PM-683x1024.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}