Question

32. Which of the following are some of the basic tenets of bhakti movement?

i) Condemnation of rituals, ceremonies and blind faith.

ii) Open- mindedness about deciding religious matters.

iii) Preaching’s through local or regional languages and travelling from place to place for spreading the religious message.

iv) Rejection of “jnana” and “karma” as the recognized roads to salvation

• A. a) All the above
• B. b) i ii and iii
• C. c) ii, iii and iv
• D. d) i, ii and iv

Answer 1

The correct option is B

b) i ii and iii

Ans 32.B

Explanation: Usually it is accepted that the most characteristic feature of the religious development during the medieval period was the movement which emphasized single-minded intense devotion to God. It was a complete surrender of oneself to God.

The movement which emphasized primarily these ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation.

Main Features of the Bhakti Movement:

1. Unity of God or one God though known by different names.
2. Bhakti, intense love and devotion, the only way to salvation.
3. Repetition of the True Name.
4. Self-Surrender.
5. Condemnation of rituals, ceremonies and blind faith.
6. Rejection of idol worship by many saints
7. Open- mindedness about deciding religious matters.
8. No distinction of different castes, higher or low
9. Need of a guru for guidance advocated by some.
10. Preaching’s through local or regional languages and travelling from place to place for spreading the religious message.

Even though bhakti movement emphasised on bhakti as the recognised road to attain salvation, it did not reject jnana and karma