Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bhakti yoga (Sanskrit: भक्ति योग), also called Bhakti marga (भक्ति मार्ग, literally the path of bhakti), is a spiritual path or spiritual practice within Hinduism focused on loving devotion towards any personal deity.
Bhakti Marga means "Path of Devotion". [13] [14] [15] [4] Hari means 'God' (more specifically Vishnu), Bhakta means 'devotees' and Sampradaya means 'lineage of teachings'.The sampradaya has been viewed as a combination of the teachings of various vedantic saints, such as Mahavatar Babaji, [16] [17] [7] [18] [8] Ramanujacharya and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, including other Hindu denominations.
However, bhakti can connote an end in itself, or a path to spiritual wisdom. [43] The term Bhakti refers to one of several alternate spiritual paths to moksha (spiritual freedom, liberation, salvation) in Hinduism, [44] and it is referred to as bhakti marga or bhakti yoga.
Bhakti refers to devotion, participation in and the love of a personal god or a representational god by a devotee. [web 17] [358] Bhakti-marga is considered in Hinduism to be one of many possible paths of spirituality and alternative means to moksha. [359]
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]
Of the three different paths to liberation, jnana marga and karma marga are the more ancient, traceable to Vedic era literature. [6] [18] All three paths are available to any seeker, chosen based on inclination, aptitude and personal preference, [19] [20] and typically elements of all three to varying degrees are practiced by many Hindus. [6] [21]
Meat enthusiasts have long endorsed the "carnivore diet," a meal plan that includes consuming only animal products such as meat, dairy and eggs — but the program is frowned upon by some who ...
Jñāna marga is a path often assisted by a guru (teacher) in one's spiritual practice. [92] Bhakti marga is a path of faith and devotion to deity or deities; the spiritual practice often includes chanting, singing and music – such as in kirtans – in front of idols, or images of one or more deity, or a devotional symbol of the holy. [93]