Bhakti movement Bhakti movement swept across the medieval India with loving devotion to Rama and Krishna as the incarnations of Vishnu‚ the supreme lord‚ as its core message and philosophy and as a rebellion against the superficial Brahminical customs and rituals and caste distinction and discrimination prevalent in the society. The movement was headed by Ramananda who was the first to present Rama as the supreme lord. In the later years‚ Kabir‚ Ravi Das‚ Meera Bai‚ Chaitanya and many other lesser
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meaning "Lord of the Universe"‚ is a deity worshipped primarily by Hindu people‚ mainly in the Indian states of Orissa‚ West Bengal‚ Jharkhand‚ Bihar‚ Tripura and by Hindus in Bangladesh. Jagannath is considered a form of Vishnu[1] or his avatar Krishna by the Hindus. Jagannath is worshipped as part of a triad on the "Ratnavedi" (jewelled platform) along with his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra by his devotees. The icon of Jagannath is a carved and decorated wooden stump with large round
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a God‚ or Brahman‚ from the third person perspective. This is because we cannot know the universe as it exists independently of subject-object relationships. Indeed‚ there is a great difference is between the philosophies of Kant and Hume‚ or Krishna and Buddha. Having said that‚ a difference in perspective is not simply a difference in the nature of the claims made‚ it is also a difference in the possible implications of those claims. The third-person perspective enabled Kant to provide content
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(which falls sometime in July). Another pilgrimage is celebrated on the ekadashi of the month of Kartik (which falls sometime in November). • Varkaris worship Vithoba (also known as Vitthal)‚ the presiding deity of Pandharpur. Vithoba is a form of Krishna‚ an avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu. Because of this association with Vishnu‚ Varkari is a branch of Vaishnavism. • The teachers responsible for establishing and supporting the movement through its history include Dnyaneshwar‚ Namdev‚ Tukaram‚ Chokhamela
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again. The very last mention of her in the book; however‚ is Aziz’s’. . . the name that is very sacred in my mind‚ namely Mrs Moore’. The Gokul Ashtami festival in Part III is given wider significance by being repeatedly referred to in biblical terms so that‚ whilst it retains its Hindu origin‚ it is also placed in a Christian context. The birth of Krishna is at one and the same time the birth of Christ; Gokul is Bethlehem‚ King Kansa is Herod and Krishna’s salvation that of Christ. Echoes of biblical
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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 of love. Mira
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Almost all of her poems are written about her feeling to Krishna. Krishna‚ an avatar‚ a young erotic god‚ is adored by lots of people in India as their belief. Obviously‚ Mirabai is one member of those devotees. However‚ in Mirabai’s mind‚ Krishna is not just a god. To her‚ sometimes‚ Krishna is more likes a lover‚ or a man who she believes she should be married to. Actually‚ because there are also some sentences that eulogize the strength of Krishna‚ he should be considered as a mixture of both god and
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Krishna‚ a Hindu god‚ was believed to rid the earth of evil‚ is considered the eighth avatar or the physical form of the god Vishnu. The story of how Krishna‚ the Hindu god of love and compassion‚ was born is woven through many Hinduism’s most sacred texts. As a child‚ Krishna was adored for his pranks. Krishna is known by many other names such as‚ Govinda‚ Mukunda‚ Madhusudhana‚ and Vasudeva. As a teenager‚ he was re-known as a lover. The sound of his flute would bring all the girls to the yard
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accomplishment because if the soul is gone you will never be rebirthed again and you will go to a higher place. This story starts with Dhirtarastra‚ the blind king‚ going to battle with the Pandavas in order to get control of Hastinapura. In this passage‚ Krishna‚ an incarnation of Vishnu‚ is trying to convince Arjuna‚ the leader of the Pandavas‚ to fight against the blind king. Arjuna does not want to fight
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Mohan Ganguli and Pratap Chandra Roy. The Pratap Chandra Roy version published by Munshiram Monoharlal‚ New Delhi‚ India (Post Box 5715‚ 54 Rani Jhansi Road‚ New Delhi-55): Third edition‚ September 1972. Mahabharata was written down by the great sage Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyasa) about 5000 years ago. It records events that occurred at the transition from the Bronze (Dwapara Yuga) to Iron Age (Kali Yuga). It tells of a battle between two great Indian ruling families‚ brought about through a game of dice
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