The Application of Bhakti to Daily Life | Swami Nishpapananda
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York
4.8 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2025
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Swami Nishpapananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India, and an assistant minister at the Vedanta Society of St Louis, where he has resided since 1974. He became interested in Vedanta through college course work, joined the Order in 1981 and received final monastic vows in India in 1995. A graduate of Washington University, Swami Nishpapananda manages the book and multi-media publications of the Vedanta Society and is active in inter-faith work in the St Louis area.
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| 0:00.0 | We are very pleased and grateful to have Swami Nishpapananda, |
| 0:21.6 | assistant minister at the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, |
| 0:26.6 | to speak with us again today. |
| 0:31.6 | We are very grateful that you have taken the time over these last couple of weeks, |
| 0:35.6 | Swamiji, and we know you have heavy responsibilities there, |
| 0:39.8 | and we have been very happy to have you. |
| 0:43.4 | Anyway, the subject of his talk today is the application of Bhakti to daily life. |
| 0:50.9 | Swamaji. |
| 0:51.8 | I think you might have something to do with house painting. |
| 0:56.3 | Oh. |
| 1:09.8 | Ah, satamha, sadgamah, tamasomha, jottirgamaya, tamasomha jottir khamaya, |
| 1:33.3 | mrithior ma'amra, amir, ghamrythiour ma'amriamhya, Avhir, abhir, ma edhi, Rudra yathe, daksinamakam, tanyam, pahy nithiam. O'm shanty, shanty, shanty. Lead us from the ever-changing to the unchanging. |
| 1:38.3 | Lead us from darkness to light. |
| 1:41.3 | Lead us from death to immortality. Light is through and through and |
| 1:47.6 | guide us evermore with thy loving presence. Peace, peace, peace being all. Well, good morning. |
| 1:58.5 | Good morning. It's nice to be here. |
| 2:03.6 | And it's nice to be away from my heavy responsibilities in this warm center. |
| 2:12.6 | So I thank you for that and all the good food and conversation that I've had since I've |
| 2:20.3 | been here. |
| 2:21.5 | So as Diane mentioned, the topic is the application of Bhakti to daily life. |
| 2:32.2 | Now there are two main paths within Hinduism, the path of devotion and the path of knowledge. |
| 2:41.0 | The devotees approach personal God with blessed qualities through a reciprocal loving relationship. |
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