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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-sa|[[:wikt:भक्ति#Sanskrit|भक्ति]]}}) literally means &amp;quot;attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=monier&amp;gt;See [[Monier-Williams]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sanskrit Dictionary&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 1899.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was originally used in [[Hinduism]], referring to devotion and love for a [[Ishvara|personal god]] or a representational god by a devotee.&amp;lt;ref name=encyclopediabrit&amp;gt;[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/63933/bhakti Bhakti], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Encyclopædia Britannica&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2009)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=karen /&amp;gt; In ancient texts such as the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Shvetashvatara Upanishad]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, the term simply means participation, devotion and love for any endeavor, while in the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Bhagavad Gita]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, it connotes one of the possible paths of spirituality and towards [[moksha]], as in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;bhakti marga&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;John Lochtefeld (2014), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Rosen Publishing (New York), {{ISBN|978-0823922871}}, pages 98-100. Also see articles on bhaktimārga and jnanamārga.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-sa|[[:wikt:भक्ति#Sanskrit|भक्ति]]}}) literally means &amp;quot;attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=monier&amp;gt;See [[Monier-Williams]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sanskrit Dictionary&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 1899.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was originally used in [[Hinduism]], referring to devotion and love for a [[Ishvara|personal god]] or a representational god by a devotee.&amp;lt;ref name=encyclopediabrit&amp;gt;[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/63933/bhakti Bhakti], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Encyclopædia Britannica&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2009)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=karen /&amp;gt; In ancient texts such as the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Shvetashvatara Upanishad]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, the term simply means participation, devotion and love for any endeavor, while in the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Bhagavad Gita]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, it connotes one of the possible paths of spirituality and towards [[moksha]], as in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;bhakti marga&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;John Lochtefeld (2014), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Rosen Publishing (New York), {{ISBN|978-0823922871}}, pages 98-100. Also see articles on bhaktimārga and jnanamārga.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhakti in Indian religions is &quot;emotional devotionalism&quot;, particularly to a personal god or to spiritual ideas.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author1=Hans G. Kippenberg|author2=Yme B. Kuiper|author3=Andy F. Sanders|title=Concepts of Person in Religion and Thought|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdYfAAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA295|year=1990|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-087437-2|page=295}}, Quote: &quot;The foundations of emotional devotionalism (bhakti) were laid in south India in the second half of the first millennium of our era (...)&quot;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Indira Viswanathan Peterson|title=Poems to Siva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQwABAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA4|year= 2014|publisher= Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6006-7|pages=4, footnote 4}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Thus, bhakti requires a relationship between the devotee and the deity.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;nirgun&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal |last1=DeNapoli |first1=Antoinette |title=Earning God through the &quot;One-Hundred Rupee Note&quot;: Nirguṇa Bhakti and Religious Experience among Hindu Renouncers in North India |journal=Religions |date=2018 |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=408 |doi=10.3390/rel9120408 |language=en|doi-access=free }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The term also refers to a [[Bhakti movement|movement]], pioneered by [[Alvars]] and [[Nayanars]], that developed around the gods Vishnu ([[Vaishnavism&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]), Brahma ([[Brahmanism&lt;/del&gt;]]), Shiva ([[Shaivism]]) and Devi ([[Shaktism]]) in the second half of the 1st millennium CE.&amp;lt;ref name=encyclopediabrit /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=karen&amp;gt;Karen Pechelis (2011), &quot;Bhakti Traditions&quot;, in &#039;&#039;The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies&#039;&#039; (Editors: Jessica Frazier, Gavin Flood), Bloomsbury, {{ISBN|978-0826499660}}, pages 107-121&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Rinehart&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Rinehart|first=Robin|title=Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page=45|isbn=978-1-57607-905-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMPYnfS_R90C&amp;amp;pg=PA45|year=2004}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Flood&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Flood|first=Gavin|title=An Introduction to Hinduism|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1996|pages=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontohi0000floo/page/131 131]|isbn=978-0-521-43878-0|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontohi0000floo|url-access=registration}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Embree&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jerry Bentley, &#039;&#039;Old World Encounters: Cross Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times&#039;&#039; (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 120.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhakti in Indian religions is &quot;emotional devotionalism&quot;, particularly to a personal god or to spiritual ideas.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author1=Hans G. Kippenberg|author2=Yme B. Kuiper|author3=Andy F. Sanders|title=Concepts of Person in Religion and Thought|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdYfAAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA295|year=1990|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-087437-2|page=295}}, Quote: &quot;The foundations of emotional devotionalism (bhakti) were laid in south India in the second half of the first millennium of our era (...)&quot;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Indira Viswanathan Peterson|title=Poems to Siva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQwABAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA4|year= 2014|publisher= Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6006-7|pages=4, footnote 4}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Thus, bhakti requires a relationship between the devotee and the deity.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;nirgun&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal |last1=DeNapoli |first1=Antoinette |title=Earning God through the &quot;One-Hundred Rupee Note&quot;: Nirguṇa Bhakti and Religious Experience among Hindu Renouncers in North India |journal=Religions |date=2018 |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=408 |doi=10.3390/rel9120408 |language=en|doi-access=free }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The term also refers to a [[Bhakti movement|movement]], pioneered by [[Alvars]] and [[Nayanars]], that developed around the gods Vishnu ([[Vaishnavism]]), Shiva ([[Shaivism]]) and Devi ([[Shaktism]]) in the second half of the 1st millennium CE.&amp;lt;ref name=encyclopediabrit /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=karen&amp;gt;Karen Pechelis (2011), &quot;Bhakti Traditions&quot;, in &#039;&#039;The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies&#039;&#039; (Editors: Jessica Frazier, Gavin Flood), Bloomsbury, {{ISBN|978-0826499660}}, pages 107-121&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Rinehart&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Rinehart|first=Robin|title=Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page=45|isbn=978-1-57607-905-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMPYnfS_R90C&amp;amp;pg=PA45|year=2004}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Flood&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Flood|first=Gavin|title=An Introduction to Hinduism|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1996|pages=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontohi0000floo/page/131 131]|isbn=978-0-521-43878-0|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontohi0000floo|url-access=registration}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Embree&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jerry Bentley, &#039;&#039;Old World Encounters: Cross Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times&#039;&#039; (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 120.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhakti ideas have inspired many popular texts and saint-poets in India. The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Bhagavata Purana]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, for example, is a [[Krishna]]-related text associated with the Bhakti movement in Hinduism.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Cutler&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Bhakti is also found in other religions practiced in India,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Flood|first=Gavin D.|title=The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=2003|page=185|isbn=978-0-631-21535-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSfneQ0YYY8C&amp;amp;pg=PA185}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Neill 2002 412&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Neill|first=Stephen|title=A History of Christianity in India, 1707–1858|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2002|pages=412|isbn=978-0-521-89332-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xi-tvrYbYxMC&amp;amp;pg=PA412}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kelting 2001 87&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Kelting|first=Mary Whitney |author-link=Mary Whitney Kelting|title=Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Maṇḍaḷ Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|pages=87|isbn=978-0-19-514011-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elcn1IEJ3CEC&amp;amp;pg=PA87}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and it has influenced interactions between Christianity and Hinduism in the modern era.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A. Frank Thompson (1993), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindu-Christian Dialogue: Perspectives and Encounters&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Editor: Harold Coward), Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, {{ISBN|978-8120811584}}, pages 176-186&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Karen Pechelis (2014), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Embodiment of Bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195351903}}, see Introduction chapter&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nirguni bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (devotion to the divine without attributes) is found in [[Sikhism]], as well as Hinduism.&amp;lt;ref name=davidlorenzen /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=hardip /&amp;gt; Outside India, emotional devotion is found in some Southeast Asian and East Asian Buddhist traditions, and it is sometimes referred to as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhatti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=swearer9 /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=werner45 /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=karunaratna435 /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhakti ideas have inspired many popular texts and saint-poets in India. The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Bhagavata Purana]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, for example, is a [[Krishna]]-related text associated with the Bhakti movement in Hinduism.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Cutler&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Bhakti is also found in other religions practiced in India,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Flood|first=Gavin D.|title=The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=2003|page=185|isbn=978-0-631-21535-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSfneQ0YYY8C&amp;amp;pg=PA185}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Neill 2002 412&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Neill|first=Stephen|title=A History of Christianity in India, 1707–1858|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2002|pages=412|isbn=978-0-521-89332-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xi-tvrYbYxMC&amp;amp;pg=PA412}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kelting 2001 87&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Kelting|first=Mary Whitney |author-link=Mary Whitney Kelting|title=Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Maṇḍaḷ Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|pages=87|isbn=978-0-19-514011-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elcn1IEJ3CEC&amp;amp;pg=PA87}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and it has influenced interactions between Christianity and Hinduism in the modern era.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A. Frank Thompson (1993), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindu-Christian Dialogue: Perspectives and Encounters&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Editor: Harold Coward), Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, {{ISBN|978-8120811584}}, pages 176-186&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Karen Pechelis (2014), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Embodiment of Bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195351903}}, see Introduction chapter&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nirguni bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (devotion to the divine without attributes) is found in [[Sikhism]], as well as Hinduism.&amp;lt;ref name=davidlorenzen /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=hardip /&amp;gt; Outside India, emotional devotion is found in some Southeast Asian and East Asian Buddhist traditions, and it is sometimes referred to as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhatti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=swearer9 /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=werner45 /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=karunaratna435 /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jainism participated in the Bhakti school of medieval India, and has a rich tradition of bhakti literature (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;stavan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) though these have been less studied than those of the Hindu tradition.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=M. Whitney Kelting|title=Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Mandal Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elcn1IEJ3CEC |year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-803211-3|pages=87–88}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Avasyaka sutra&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Jains includes, among ethical duties for the devotee, the recitation of &amp;quot;hymns of praise to the Tirthankaras&amp;quot; as the second Obligatory Action. It explains this &amp;#039;&amp;#039;bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; as one of the means to destroy negative karma. According to [[Paul Dundas]], such textual references to devotional activity suggests that &amp;#039;&amp;#039;bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a necessary part of Jainism from an early period.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Paul Dundas|title=The Jains|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |year= 2003|publisher =Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-26605-5|pages= 170–171}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jainism participated in the Bhakti school of medieval India, and has a rich tradition of bhakti literature (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;stavan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) though these have been less studied than those of the Hindu tradition.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=M. Whitney Kelting|title=Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Mandal Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elcn1IEJ3CEC |year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-803211-3|pages=87–88}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Avasyaka sutra&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Jains includes, among ethical duties for the devotee, the recitation of &amp;quot;hymns of praise to the Tirthankaras&amp;quot; as the second Obligatory Action. It explains this &amp;#039;&amp;#039;bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; as one of the means to destroy negative karma. According to [[Paul Dundas]], such textual references to devotional activity suggests that &amp;#039;&amp;#039;bhakti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a necessary part of Jainism from an early period.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Paul Dundas|title=The Jains|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |year= 2003|publisher =Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-26605-5|pages= 170–171}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to Jeffery Long, along with its strong focus on ethics and ascetic practices, the religiosity in Jainism has had a strong tradition of &#039;&#039;bhakti&#039;&#039; or devotion just like their Hindu &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;neighbors&lt;/del&gt;. The Jain community built ornate temples and prided in public devotion for its fordmakers, saints and teachers. &#039;&#039;Abhisekha&#039;&#039;, festival prayers, community recitals and &#039;&#039;Murti puja&#039;&#039; (rituals before an image) are examples of integrated bhakti in Jain practice.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Jeffery D Long|title=Jainism: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3gAAwAAQBAJ |year=2013|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85771-392-6|pages=111–114}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Sherry Fohr|title=Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMXuBQAAQBAJ |year=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4742-2755-1|pages=91–102}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Lisa Owen|title=Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHK2WE8xAzYC |year=2012|publisher=BRILL Academic|isbn=978-90-04-20629-8|pages=xii, 2, 12–13, 117–126}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Jeffery &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;D. &lt;/ins&gt;Long&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, along with its strong focus on ethics and ascetic practices, the religiosity in Jainism has had a strong tradition of &#039;&#039;bhakti&#039;&#039; or devotion just like their Hindu &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;counterparts&lt;/ins&gt;. The Jain community built ornate temples and prided in public devotion for its fordmakers, saints and teachers. &#039;&#039;Abhisekha&#039;&#039;, festival prayers, community recitals and &#039;&#039;Murti puja&#039;&#039; (rituals before an image) are examples of integrated bhakti in Jain practice&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Some Jain monks, however, reject Bhakti&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Jeffery D Long|title=Jainism: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3gAAwAAQBAJ |year=2013|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85771-392-6|pages=111–114}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Sherry Fohr|title=Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMXuBQAAQBAJ |year=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4742-2755-1|pages=91–102}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Lisa Owen|title=Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHK2WE8xAzYC |year=2012|publisher=BRILL Academic|isbn=978-90-04-20629-8|pages=xii, 2, 12–13, 117–126}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== See also ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== See also ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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