bhakti
Americannoun
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selfless devotion as a means of reaching Brahman.
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(initial capital letter) a popular religious movement centered around the personal worship of gods, especially Vishnu and Shiva.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bhakti
1825–35; < Sanskrit: devotion
Example Sentences
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The mood is described as one of bhakti, or devotion.
From New York Times
The festival combines music, yoga, workshops, lectures and a marketplace of "conscious living" vendors who represent yoga systems such as asana, raja, bhakti, jnana and karma.
From Los Angeles Times
For almost 40 years, the society has offered patrons daily prayer sessions based in Vaishnava Hinduism, which emphasizes bhakti devotion, an active involvement of devotees in worship through practices such as yoga and chanting.
From Washington Post
From the perspective of the Bhagavad-Gita, the spiritual path as I have described here is known as karma yoga and bhakti yoga.”
From New York Times
Without bhakti there cannot be love, and without love Krishna cannot be attained.
From Project Gutenberg
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