How to carry bhakti through the day — Premanand Maharaj Ji's guidance

Shri Premanand Maharaj Ji teaches that bhakti should not be confined to a morning session that is then forgotten for the rest of the day. He says: God does not only exist in the puja room. He exists at the traffic light, in the office, in the kitchen, in the difficult conversation. The devotee's practice is to keep remembering Him throughout the day, however briefly.

His guidance for this is the continuous, low-level naam jap he calls 'ajapa jap' — the naam that runs like a quiet current beneath ordinary activity. When you are doing something that does not require your full verbal attention — walking, driving familiar roads, washing dishes, waiting — let the naam fill that space. 'Radhe Radhe' under your breath, or simply in the mind. It does not need to be loud or formal. Over time, the naam finds its own rhythm in you and begins to run on its own.

He also recommends small, deliberate moments of pause throughout the day. Before eating, before a meeting, before responding to something that made you anxious — pause for one breath, say 'Radhe' once inside, and then proceed. He says: these tiny moments of remembrance add up. A day filled with a hundred brief returns to God is a day lived in bhakti, even if you never sat formally for a single minute. The practice is the intention to remember. Follow that intention wherever it takes you.

Based on Shri Premanand Maharaj Ji's satsangs.