Briefly explain the terms - bhakti and sufi
Bhakti:
2. Later on this movement spread through translations of the Sanskrit epics like the Mangalakavyas and bhakti literature in Bengali and also through the biographies of Chaitanyadeva, the leader of the Vaishnava bhakti movement.
Sufi:
1. The term ‘Sufis’ included saints or other religious personalities. Some of the community leaders, teachers and adjudicators, in Islamic culture, who were sometimes ascribed with supernatural powers were associated as the religious personalities, called ‘Sufis’ (meaning saints) and ‘pirs’.
2. The cult of pirs became very popular in Bengal and their shrines can be found everywhere in Bengal. Sufism later on came to be known as a Muslim movement whose followers seek to find divine truth and love through direct encounters with God.
- The term ‘bhakti’ was related to a movement that evolved in the South India during the Medieval Period. The Bhakti movement was a Hindu religious movement that promoted the belief that salvation was attainable by everyone.The movement involved performances with gestures and songs. These songs and dances were later spread to different regions in India in the form of Radha-Krishna songs (Raas Lila) and Mirabai’s Bhajans.
2. Later on this movement spread through translations of the Sanskrit epics like the Mangalakavyas and bhakti literature in Bengali and also through the biographies of Chaitanyadeva, the leader of the Vaishnava bhakti movement.
Sufi:
1. The term ‘Sufis’ included saints or other religious personalities. Some of the community leaders, teachers and adjudicators, in Islamic culture, who were sometimes ascribed with supernatural powers were associated as the religious personalities, called ‘Sufis’ (meaning saints) and ‘pirs’.
2. The cult of pirs became very popular in Bengal and their shrines can be found everywhere in Bengal. Sufism later on came to be known as a Muslim movement whose followers seek to find divine truth and love through direct encounters with God.