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explain the common teachings of the bhakti and sufi movements.

 Common features between sufi and Bhakti were:

1. Both Sufism and Bhakti movements rejected authoritarianism caste systems. 
2. They both emphasized that God is one and can be reached through prayer and meditation. 
3. They rejected outward religiosity and emphasized love and complete devotion to God.
4. Both believed in compassion towards all fellow human beings.
5. Both sufi and Bhakti saints composed rich poems, hymns to express their beliefs.

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  • They believed in the one ness of god - god was one despite many names.
  • They believed in bhakti or total surrender and devotion to god .
  • They believed in the equality of all human beings . God was inside every person .
  • They believed that the way to realise god was through simple living and loving and serving others .
  • They denounced elaborate rituals in religions and spoke against superstitions .
  • They believed in the prescence of a personal god who could be approached without the help of priests .
  • They believed that people could pray to bod in thier own simple language and questioned the role of sanskrit as the only language of prayer .

These were of the bhakti saints. The sufi saints were similar .

Just like the bhakti saints the sufi pirs ( saints ) believed in meditation , love and devotion to god rather than in rituals and rigid customs. They expressed thier devotion through dance and music. They were respected greatly by the common people.

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the answer given by sushmita is absolutely correct.

keep up the good work@sushmita!

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