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Bhakti

noun

(Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex.

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... the Impersonal. Either say "I am thou, O Lord!" and thus out at the root of the lower "I" and destroy it for ever or say "I am nothing, O Eternal One! thou art everything" and thereby lose the lower into the Higher. The first is for the Gnani—the second for the Bhakti Yogi. Both mean the same thing. Love everyone but do not depend upon the love of any one. Give everything. Take nothing. Serve every one. Do not care for service and gratitude in return. You are the Heir to the Infinite. All Power ...

— The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga • A. P. Mukerji

Words linked to "Bhakti" : devotion, Hinduism, Hindooism