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The Hindu devotional Bhakti traditions place a focus on repetitive prayer, known as japa. Prayer is centred on the personal forms of gods and goddesses, such as Vishnu's avatars, most notably Rama and Krishna, Shiva, or Shiva's sons such as Kartikeya and Ganesha, as well as Mahadevi, the supreme goddess, and her forms, such as Lakshmi or Kali.
These nine principles of devotional service were incorporated by Rupa Goswami linked to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as integral to spiritual practice focused on Krishna. [56] The gopis practiced these forms of bhakti when they were separated from Krishna. [56] Rupa Goswami and Jiva Goswami have offered significant commentary on bhakti. Rupa defines ...
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.
[4] [5] Many devotional songs with the theme Jai Siya Ram have been sung by singers such as Jagjit Singh, Mohammed Rafi, among others. [6] [7] [8] Similar songs have been sung in various regional languages. [9] The chants of Jai Siya Ram are very common in religious places and gatherings, for example, the Kumbh Mela. [10] [11]
Second, these new devotional communities of Mughal India were alike in their production and performance of devotional works, composed in vernacular languages, remembering the deeds of God (especially Kṛṣṇa and Rām) and exemplary bhaktas. Third, important in all these communities was the performance and collection of songs attributed to ...
The focus of Gaudiya Vaishnavism is the devotional worship (known as bhakti yoga) of Radha and Krishna, and their many divine incarnations as the supreme forms of God, Svayam Bhagavan. Most popularly, this worship takes the form of singing Radha and Krishna's holy names, such as " Hare ", "Krishna" and " Rama ", most commonly in the form of the ...
[26] [27] "Ram Ram", "Jai Ram ji ki" and "Jai Siya Ram" have been noted as common salutations in the Hindi heartland (Sita or Siya is the name of Rama's consort). [ 28 ] [ 6 ] [ 29 ] Photojournalist Prashant Panjiar wrote about how in the city Ayodhya female pilgrims always chant " Sita -Ram-Sita-Ram", while the older male pilgrims prefer not ...
Śraddhā (Sanskrit: श्रद्धा, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ˈɕɾɐd̪.d̪ʱɑː]) is a Sanskrit term often glossed in English as faith.The term figures importantly in the literature, teachings, and discourse of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.