There are eight signs of progress in the Path of Devotion:
- Tears
- Horripilation
- Tremor
- Weeping
- Laughing
- Perspiration
- Fainting
- Inability to speak.
Sri Ramanuja has made some suggestions for developing
and intensifying Bhakthi:
- Abhyasa - Practice
- Viveka - Discrimination
- Satya - Truth
- Arjava - Straighforwardness
- Kriya - Doing good to others
- Kalyana - Wishing good of all
- Daya - Compassion
- Ahimsa - Non-injury
- Daana - Charity
- Anavasada - Without sorrow
- Prasanta - Cheerfulness