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What do you understand by Bhakti? What were the teachings of the Bhakti reformers?
Solution
The word ‘Bhakti’ means devotion or love to God. Ramananda, Kabir, Guru Nanak, Mira Bai, Chaitanya were important reformers of the Bhakti Movement.
They preached that with love or devotion one could get salvation. They taught all are the children of the same God. That is why distinctions of caste, creed, or sect and condemned useless rites and false practices. They laid importance on good deeds and purity of conduct. They believed that God could be attained by leading a normal household life and not by renouncing the world. All the Bhakti saints emphasised on the oneness of God and universal brotherhood.
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