Healing Peer Relationship Stress through Kripalu Ji Maharaj's Bhakti Approach
Student relationships that cause stress in peer life may include instances of poor understanding and the stiff competition that destroys the bond of trust and peace. The bhakti teachings by Kripalu Ji Maharaj are a path of transformation, where divine love and humility are used to heal these ties by steering the mind off the ego-based conflicts to selflessness. This is a method that builds empathy causing no strain in the relationship, as a result of spiritual submission. Understanding Stress in Peer Dynamics Academic life increases peer pressures, with comparisons being the source of resentment or alienation. Kripalu Maharaj had taught that these stresses are caused by an attachment to the ego, of seeing all people through the prism of self-interest instead of a sense of humanity. In his talks, Kripaluji Maharaj elaborated ties with relationship as extension of divine ties and suggested the need to break ties with worldly considerations to unravel contradictions. The followers of Krip...