Editing Yoga (section)

====Bhakti movement====

{{Main|Bhakti yoga}}

In medieval Hinduism, the [[Bhakti movement]] advocated the concept of a [[personal god]] or [[Svayam Bhagavan|Supreme Personality]]. The movement, begun by the [[Alvars]] of South India during the 6th to 9th centuries, became influential throughout India by the 12th to 15th centuries.<ref name="Cutler">{{cite book|last=Cutler|first=Norman|title=Songs of Experience|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=1987|page=1|isbn=978-0-253-35334-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veSItWingx8C&pg=PA1}}</ref> [[Shaivism|Shaiva]] and [[Vaishnava]] ''bhakti'' traditions integrated aspects of the ''Yoga Sutras'' (such as meditative exercises) with devotion.{{sfn|Larson|2008|pp=137}} The ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'' elucidates a form of yoga known as ''viraha'' (separation) ''bhakti'', which emphasizes concentration on Krishna.{{sfn|Jacobsen|2011|p=22}}

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