Vijaydas. Saint Ravidas was the disciple of the famous Swami Ramanand of Varanasi. He was a close friend of saint Kabir and was also the spiritual guide or ‘Guru’ to famous saint Mira Bai. Ravidas was a prominent figure in the bhakti movement and a renowned poet of the nirguna bhakti tradition that valued the worship of a formless God. Belonging as he did to one of the lowest castes of Hindu society‚ the Chamar or tanner‚ the spiritual status he attained was profoundly troubling for orthodox Hindus of
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householder and used to earn his livelihood by weaving clothes. His teachings: The central teachings of Kabir are very simple. (1) He laid stress ’Bhakti ’. (2) He said that through Bhakti or devotion one would come nearer to God; one could be released from the cycle of birth and death only by sincere love and devotion to God‚ which he called Bhakti. (3) He sincerely tried to
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mystical singer and sahajiya (apasampradaya) devotee of lord Krishna from Rajasthan and one of the most significant figures of the Sant tradition of the Vaishnava bhakti movement. Some 12-1300 prayerful songs or bhajans attributed to her are popular throughout India and have been published in several translations worldwide. In the bhakti tradition‚ they are in passionate praise of lord Krishna. Details of her life‚ which has been the subject of several films‚ are pieced together from her poetry
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Mirabai Biography Mirabai was a great saint and devotee of Sri Krishna. Despite facing criticism and hostility from her own family‚ she lived an exemplary saintly life and composed many devotional bhajans. Historical information about the life of Mirabai is a matter of some scholarly debate. The oldest biographical account was Priyadas’s commentary in Nabhadas’ Sri Bhaktammal in 1712. Nevertheless there are many aural histories‚ which give an insight into this unique poet and Saint of India.
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Kabir’s own religious identity was ambiguous. He influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Adi Granth. Kabir was born of Mohammedan parents in or near Benaras. He became the disciple of the Hindu ascetic Ramananda‚ who was a man of wide religious culture. Till date‚ scholars and researchers have not been able to figure out from his
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IMPACTS OF REGULAR BIKRAM YOGA PRACTICE ON HEALTH‚ STRESS AND ANXIETY By DiAnne Garza Email: dianne.garza@gmail.com Final Version Submitted to Dr. Luz Romay in partial fulfillment of the requirements for class Organizational Research and Assessment‚ ORGD 6330 December 7‚ 2011 Executive Summary Bikram yoga was developed thirty years ago by Bikram Choudhury‚ a renowned Hatha Yoga Master. It is a specific yoga practice that is carried
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An Elaborative Analysis of the Writings of Mira The present paper explores the treatment of love and devotion in the selected poems of Mira. Her devotion to Lord Krishna is incomparable greatness beyond all possibility of calculation‚ measurement or imitation. Mira used elegant words in her poetry. In her poems‚ the elevated thought of true love for Lord Krishna results in an elevating effect morally‚ linguistically and artistically. Her poems build a platform of Divine understanding of the nature
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The Bhakti movement is a Hindu religious movement in which the main spiritual practice is loving devotion among the Shaivite and Vaishnava saints. The Bhakti movement originated in ancient Tamil Nadu and began to spread to the north during the late medieval ages when north India was under Islamic rule. The Islamic rulers were pressing public to convert religion from Hindu to Islamic. The Bhakti movement was counter to the prevalent caste ideology which was dividing Hinduism. So‚ the Bhakti movement
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The Bhakti movement is a Hindu religious movement in which the main spiritual practice is loving devotion towards Shiva orVishnu. Bhakti movement is also closely related to Sufism of Islam which rose in the same time period and both advocated ’love of God’ as the easiest way to attain God. The Bhakti movement originated in ancient Tamil Nadu. The Nayanmars and the Alvars played a major role in the Bhakti movement. The Bhakti movement began to spread to the north during the late medieval ages when
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Vaishnavism ÑReal & ApparentÑ Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada VAISHNAVISM —REAL AND APPARENT— Foreword in the First Edition by Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada (3rd August‚ 1926) This brochure contains the essence of true Vaishnavism as revealed in the Vedas‚ the Upanishads‚ the Geeta‚ the Bhagavata etc.‚ and their teachings put into practice by Shri Chaitanya Deva. Four things may stand in the way of realising the truth laid herein - the cloaks
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