1. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
(Scriptures/Scriptures)

... to observe the matras of various types of chhands of the Indian pingal. The poetry of the bhakti period was non-conformist, liberal and free. This was the poetry of sadhus and fakirs who had had no scholarly ...

2. Five Evils
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Principles)

... devotion (bhagti, bhakti) to God is, according to Sikhism, the way to ultimate release. One can love God only when one has annihilated self-love; this means that the devotee must be humble and surrender ...

3. Early Gursikhs : Bhai Jaita Seth
(Biographies/Early Gursikhs)

... he once said to Guru Hargobind, "0 sovereign true! some say that he who possesses gidn (knowledge) has little use for bhakti (devotion). Is that true? "The Guru explained, "Gwmwithout bhakti ...

4. Panth
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Organisations)

... leadership) combined in the person of the Guru. This doctrine meant the fusion of bhakti (religious devotion) and sakti (power). Ratan Singh Bhangu, the author of Prachin Panth Prakash, writing in the ...

5. Wonders of Sikh Spirituality Come Alive
(Main/Main)

... in full flower, as was the corresponding Hindu movement call Bhakti. Saints of all sorts and sects wandered northern India, bumping into and bouncing off one another, turning a subcontinent into a kind ...

6. Fundamentals of Sikhism
(Introduction/Introduction)

... ideals of Bhakti and Shakti, of moral and spiritual excellence and militant valour or heroism of the highest order. A day before he left this world, Guru Gobind Singh made the historic announcement ...

7. Bhana Mannana
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Principles)

...  On one side is bhakti or loving devotion, on the other side is. moral act. Both are complementary to each other; both taken together constitute the make-up of ideal person of the Guru's conception. Gurbani ...

8. Introduction to Sikhism:The Sikh Philosophy
(Introduction/Introduction)

... pole, of God's love for man, in terms of his Grace. On one side is bhakti or loving devotion, on the other side is. moral act. Both are complementary to each other; both taken together constitute ...

9. The Sikh Insignia:Khanda
(Introduction/Introduction)

... of Miri and Piri i.e. Bhakti and Shakti was highlighted by Guru Har Gobind Sahib Ji - The Sixth Guru. He wore two Kirpans representing Miri and Piri. * On the left side ...

10. Sri Guru HarGobind Sahib Ji
(Sikh Gurus/Sikh Gurus)

... Piri and Miri- the combination of 'Bhakti and Shakti'.   AKAL TAKHAT: The martyrdom of Guru Arjan was an unparallel act in the history of  ...