| 释义 |
‖ bhakti Hinduism.|ˈbʌktɪ|
[Skr.]
Religious devotion, piety, or devoted faith, as a means of salvation.
1832H. H. Wilson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. (Bengal) I. 220 Expatiating upon the different degrees of Bhakti, or faith, and the various kinds of Mukti, or salvation. 1877Monier-Williams Hinduism ix. 115 The doctrine of bhakti, or ‘salvation by faith’. 1911E. B. Havell Ideals Ind. Art 117 Bhakti is the moving spirit in all great religious art, in the West as in the East. 1915N. Macnicol Ind. Theism 30 Those in India whose hearts are filled with bhakti or ‘loving faith’. 1921T. R. Glover Jesus Exper. Men iii. 41 Tuka and other mystics of India believed that from this a man might be saved by Bhakti, by self-annihilating devotion to a friendly god. Karma and Bhakti are the two poles of Indian religious thought. 1953E. M. Forster Hill of Devi 117 Sivaji..believed in bhakti, in our union with the Divine through love.
b. attrib. and Comb., as bhakti-marga [Skr. mārga path], the way to salvation through religious devotion or faith.
1936Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 57/4 The bhakti movement, the movement of emotional religion. 1937A. Huxley Ends & Means xiii. 234 In India it is known as bhakti-marga, the path of devotional faith, as opposed to karma-marga, the path of duty or works, and jñana-marga, the path of knowledge. 1959Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 798/2 Bhakti yoga or devotion to God is also advocated as an additional means. 1963Listener 28 Mar. 550/2 In the last centuries b.c. a second way, Bhakti-marga or the way of devotion came into prominence, seeking to obtain union with the chosen god through love and service. |