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Just Love" is also the slogan of Bhakti Marga. It is meant to express the ideal of the movement, which places love at the center of life, love for God, but also love for the guru or the community. A drone view from 19 July 2024 of tents and campervans used by the participants of the Just Love Festival.
By the end of 2022 Bhakti Marga had around 10,000 followers and between 30 and 50 ashrams worldwide. [2] By the end of 2023 Vishwananda had around 50,000 followers, [ 3 ] which includes 450 initiated male and female Brahmacharis , as well as 50 male and female Swamis and Rishis . [ 3 ]
Bhakti (Sanskrit: भक्ति; Pali: bhatti) is a term common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love. [1] In Indian religions, it may refer to loving devotion for a personal God (like Krishna or Devi ), a formless ultimate reality (like Nirguna Brahman or the Sikh ...
The third type seek rewards in this or in afterlife through their Bhakti yoga. The fourth are those who love god driven by pure love, knowing and seeking nothing beyond that experience of love union. [29] [30] In Hinduism, the Bhakti yoga is a spiritual path of loving devotion to a Personal Divine. [32] [33]
Christianity as bhakti marga: a study of the Johannine doctrine of Love (1926; 2nd. ed. 1930). [Based on his Oxford University doctoral thesis of 1922, 'The Mysticism of Hindu Bhakti Literature especially in its relation to the Mysticism of the Fourth Gospel', with further study]. [16] Indian studies, edited by A. J. Appasamy (1926)
The Panchasakhas were Vaishnavas by thought. But they differed from Chaitanya's path of devotion and preached Jnana-mishra bhakti or Devotion with mix of Wisdom. Chaitanya's path of devotion was known as Raganuga Bhakti Marga (brought to Odisha in 1509), which says all one needs is love (devotion) to reach God.
The Madhya-lila details Chaitanya's sannyasa; Madhavendra Puri's life; Chaitanya's philosophical conversation with Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya (Advaitin scholar) promoting bhakti as supreme over the impersonal view; Chaitanya's pilgrimage to South India; the daily and annual activities of Chaitanya and his devotees during the Ratha Yatra festival ...
[26] [27] Beginning with the Tamil Alvars and Nayanars in around the 6th century, bhakti spread outside Tamilakam after the 12th century. [28] [29] The foundations of the kirtan traditions are also found in works like the Bhagavad-gita which describes the bhakti marga (path of loving devotion to god) as a means to moksha.