Many of us think that Bhakti is discovering our Iśţa Devatā— chosen deity and getting involved with ritualistic worship, visiting the places of pilgrimage and observing vigils and fasts. And we are not really very far from truth. While Bhakti does recommend these activities for its practice, they are not its only activities, but something more, much more. The core of Bhakti is Love— feeling of oneness. Though it does start with the IśţaDevatā, the feeling of oneness does not stop there, but keeps expanding till one starts feeling one with this whole Existence. Life of Saṅt Jñāneśwar, also known as Saṅt Jñānadev and his three saintly siblings Nivŗttināth, Sopāndev and Muktābāi of the late thirteenth century forms a perfect background to understand and practice this wonderful path of Love. Though born in the community of Brahmins, they were ostracised from the society and persecuted. For their tender age, they exhibited indomitable grit not only to bear the tribulation willingly but to transform the negative feelings cascaded by the society into divine emotions of compassion and unbound love. This book tries to present the story of such transformation through the events and encounters they had with their persecutors, masses and contemporary seekers and saints. It tries to narrate the art of regaining the simplicity, faith, forgiveness, compassion and love that live in every heart

Born in Sirsi, North Karnataka  in  1949, Raghunandan Trikannad completed his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Regional Engineering College Warangal, Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced to Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Swami Vivekananda in his teens. During his professional studies, he came in contact with Swami Ranganatha-nanda, the President Ramakrishna Math at Secunderabad (and later the thirteenth President of Ramakrishna Order, Belur, West Bengal), who inspired him to take to life spiritual. He joined Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari in 1976, and shouldered the responsibilities as its Zonal Organiser, Organising Secretary and Joint General Secretary. Since 1989 he is Secretary of Ramarpan Educational Society.