Faith Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Hinduism === {{Main|Bhakti|Faith in Hinduism}} Bhakti ({{lang-sa|[[:wikt:भक्ति#Sanskrit|भक्ति]]}}) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".<ref name=monier>[[Monier-Williams]], ''Sanskrit Dictionary'', 1899.{{full citation needed|date=July 2023}}</ref> It was originally used in [[Hinduism]], referring to devotion and love for a personal god or a representational god by a devotee.<ref name=encyclopediabrit>{{multiref2 |1={{cite encyclopedia|chapter-url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/63933/bhakti|chapter=Bhakti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229174330/https://www.britannica.com/topic/bhakti |archive-date=2020-12-29|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|year=2009 |title=Bhakti | Hinduism, Devotion & Rituals | Britannica }} |2={{Cite book |last=Pechelis |first=Karen |title=The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-8264-9966-0 |editor-last=Frazier |editor-first=Jessica |pages=107–121 |chapter=Bhakti Traditions |editor-last2=Flood |editor-first2=Gavin}} }}</ref> In ancient texts such as the ''[[Shvetashvatara Upanishad]]'', the term simply means participation, devotion, and love for any endeavor, while in the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]'', it connotes one of the possible paths of spirituality and towards [[moksha]], as in {{transliteration|sa|bhakti marga}}.<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Lochtefeld|year=2014|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism|publisher=Rosen Publishing|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8239-2287-1|pages=98–100}} Also see articles on {{transliteration|sa|bhaktimārga}} and {{transliteration|sa|jnanamārga}}.</ref> [[Ahimsa]], also referred to as [[nonviolence]], is a fundamental tenet of Hinduism that advocates harmonious and peaceful co-existence and evolutionary growth in grace and wisdom for all humankind unconditionally.{{relevance inline|reason=unclear how this relates to "faith" specifically|date=July 2023}} In Hinduism, most of the Vedic prayers begins with the chants of Om. [[Om]] is the [[Sanskrit]] symbol that amazingly resonates the peacefulness ensconced within one's higher self. Om is considered to have a profound effect on the body and mind of the one who chants and also creates a calmness, serenity, healing, strength of its own to prevail within and also in the surrounding environment.{{relevance inline|reason=unclear how this relates to "faith" specifically|date=July 2023}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page