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I removed the link 'http://www.jkp.org/devotion devotional bhakti' because it can be listed as an example under 'Bhakti movement'. By the way 'devotional bhakti' is a tautology. Andries 20:08, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)


Changed meaning from 'loving devotion to the supreme god' to 'devotion to god'. Could also perhaps be changed to just 'devotion'. Imc 12:56, 2 May 2005 (UTC)


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[edit] Brahman realisation and Bhagavat Purana

I removed what I considered to be a POV comment from the section on Brahman section. The previous statement made the claim that because there are references to very few persons reaching the realisations of Sukadeva, this must thus be the highest level of realisation. This is a POV of comment, and opposing views could be put forward using the Bhagavat Purana as evidence. Not wanting to get into a theological debate over this, I think it's fair enough to remove that comment.202.89.50.10 00:11, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite needed

Having just read through this page again, I kind of feel that this article almost needs a complete re-write. Firstly, because of the flow on nature of this article, in order to change any one of the various POV statements that are present throughout, practically every other section would need to be altered as well. Secondly, there seems to be alot of information in here which contradicts basic concepts mentioned in the Bhakti scriptures. For example, the concept that one can worship any form they want and get the same results through bhakti is actually directly opposed by Krishna in the Bhagavadgita (9.25. There are different schools which claim to be following the Bhakti movement, some with less fidelity to the Bhakti-sastra's. However, at the moment this article hardly accomodates for any of them. I would like to invite discussions on how we can better portray the real situation of the Bhakti movement. Otherwise, if there are no complaints, I'll start a major overhaul of this page.Vidyapati dasa 02:33, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear Vidyapati, I am willing to work with you on a re-write. It sounds like a very good idea - as long as we include all points of view: namely devotional, scholarly & historical etc... I will ask to see if anyone else is interested also. It might be an idea to re-build the article in a sandbox first (see User:GourangaUK/sandbox), and then transplant here when everyone is happy with it? Best wishes, ys GourangaUK 08:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
I've made some changes to the article today by adding in a new introduction. I do feel that a full re-write is required to get the rest of the article up to scratch. The majority of information is either POV or non-encyclopedic in nature - please contibute to the sandbox, or article if anyone has any ideas. Best Wishes, GourangaUK 08:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Japanese

What was the point of removing the Japanese transliteration of Bhakti? Siyavash 00:36, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Apologies, I removed it in error - just replaced it now. Some of the text had gone into a grey text box much wider than the viewable page and there was a blank space at the top of the article - so I was just fixing those. Cheers, GourangaUK 08:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Great, no problem, thanks for replacing :) Siyavash 11:56, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proponents of Bhakti

I believe this is a useful list to have, but do not see a purpose in having masses of entries, many of which are not primarily related to bhakti traditions, being more general Vedanta or Hinduism related links (i.e. Adi Shankara) or are not specific persons (Legend of Dhruv). Maybe 3 or 4 of the most relevant could be added to the current list? Best Wishes, Gouranga(UK) 11:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bhakti and Bhakti yoga

What is the difference between bhakti and Bhakti yoga? Kkrystian 11:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I have just clarified the difference in the introduction - Bhakti means devotion, wheras Bhakti-yoga is the practice or process of cultivating devotion. Best wishes, Gouranga(UK) 20:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)