write a short note on bhakti saints- 1) Kabir 2)Guru Nanak Dev Ji 3)Ramanuja 4)Vivekanand 5) Chatinia Mahaprabhu
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1) Kabir
Kabir Das was an Indian saint and mystic poet who lived during the 15th century. He is an essential saint in not just Hinduism and Islam but also Sikhism.
Many scholars attribute his writings to have had a major impact on the development of Bhakti movement associated with Hinduism.
Kabir was a great composer, and he wrote pieces in simple styles that excited many people. Kabir composed his poems in an assortment of Hindi, Braj, and Avadhi.
Kabir Das is believed to have been born to a weaver couple Neeru and Neema, somewhere near Varanasi in the 15th century. He was never educated.
The poems composed by Kabir touched on different elements of life such as the social and cultural aspect as well as calling people to show dedication and devotion to God. He also advocated for discipline within the society.
Kabir das believed that God is to be found within and any external action is futile unless one looks within.
Kabir Das left behind a great legacy as far as literature is concerned. His compositions in poetry, as well as music, continue to have social impacts on Indian even today. Although Kabir was persecuted in his lifetime, he inspired many followers who are now known as Kabir Panthis.
2) Guru Nanak Dev
Guru Nanak Dev was born in the year 1469. At the age of seven, he joined a village school. He was a firm believer of God from childhood.
He was kindhearted so much that he fed the hungry with the money he was to start a profitable business with. Later, he turned to become a saint.
The teachings of Guru Nanak Dev: He was distressed by the prevailing religious conflicts amongst and he decided to bring peace among people.
He preached that there is only one God, and laid stress on the importance of Guru in our lives.
He denounced all forms of superstitions prevalent in the society and laid stress in true faith.
He formed a new religion. He taught patience and kindness throughout all the places he toured.
Guru Nanak Dev laid supreme stress in the simplicity and purity of life and religious tolerance. He preached all people are children of one God.
3) Ramanuja
Srinivasa Ramanujan was a great prodigy Indian mathematician. He was born on December 22, 1887. In spite of having received no formal education, this genius made unprecedented contributions to mathematical concepts such as mathematical analysis, infinite series, continued fractions, and number theory. Impressed by his innovative work, G.H. Hardy called him to Cambridge.
Ramanujan spent nearly five years in Cambridge during which he published many of his papers on mathematics.
In 1916 he was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree for his work on composite numbers. He was elected a Fellow of Royal Society in 1918. In 1919 he suffered from tuberculosis and vitamin deficiency and had to return to India.
His poor health led to his early demise. The Indian Government honors this great genius by observing his birthday, December 22 as National Mathematics Day.
4) Vivekanand
Swami Vivekananda was a great disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa. He is popular because of his rational thinking and great leadership qualities.
He worked hard for the upliftment of humanity. He developed a massive fan following after he delivered an inspiring speech at a religious conference organised in Chicago.
He supported Hinduism and bravely put forward his spiritual thoughts on both eastern and western culture. Even today, people tend to get inspired by his thoughts and speeches.
Birth and Early Life: He was born in Kolkata on January 12, 1863. His original name was Narendranath Datta. His parents were Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneswari Devi.
He was an extraordinary child. He had deep interest in spiritual thoughts. He cleared the entrance exam from Metropolitan School. He completed Bachelor of Arts from Scotish Church College in Kolkata.
At a young age, he got the opportunity to meet Ramakrishna. This was an important event of his life. He started visiting Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar. Later on, he became a disciple of Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna was a priest of Kali Temple at Dakshineswar.
Vedanta Movement: The famous Vedanta movement was led by Swami Vivekananda. He introduced the Indian philosophy of Hinduism in the western countries.
Chicago Speech: On 11th September, 1893, he represented India and gave a brief speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religion held in Chicago. His brief speech is considered one of the greatest speeches of all time. It earned fame not only to him but to the entire nation.
5) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Chaitanya was a devotee of Lord Krishna. He popularised the Krishna cult in Bengal. He composed many hymns in praise of Lord Krishna. He rejected the caste system, rituals and domination of the priests. He believed that by showing complete devotion by singing and dancing one can experience the existence of God.
Bharti saint .
Kabir. kabir was born is 1440in Varanasi he was the great Bharti saint . Kabir was Hindi , Muslim, Sikh , Isaiah is equal no one is big and small Kabir say kaashi is equal to Kaaba and ram is equal to Rahim Kabir say "Kabir was child of Allah and ram . he was died in 1540in maghar.
Guru Nanak Dev . guru Nanak hi born in 1469 narka Shahid in Punjab he is was the great reform of bhakti he was died in 22 SEP , 1539 at kartar pur Pakistan
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