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In the scriptures, the following stages of Bhakthi are mentioned:
- Satsang (good company of saints)
- Swadhyaya (study of scriptures)
- Stuti (admiration)
- Shraddha (faith in God)
- Bhakthi (devotion)
- Nishtha (devotedness)
- Ruchi (taste of hearing and chanting His name)
- Rati (intense attachment)
- Sthayi Bhava (steadiness)
- Premamaya (the devotee at this stage has no attachment to
worldly objects and lives and moves in divine love).

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