Bhakti. A school or way within the Hindu tradition. The term is derived from the Sanskrit root bhaj (to adore) and may be applied to any of the Hindu schools that emphasize personal devotional love and faith as the way to salvation, rather than karma, the path of works. It has been very popular in India, notably among devotees of Vishnu, and may be said to represent an emotional rather than an intellectual form of Hinduism. Its spirit has been seen by some as having an affinity to the spirit of certain forms of Protestant Christianity.

Geddes MacGregor, Dictionary of Religion and Philosophy, New York: Paragon House, 1989

dad pa

[translation-san] {C,MSA,MV} śraddha

[translation-san] {MSA} śraddadhāna

[translation-san] {MSA,MV} śraddhā

[translation-san] {C} śraddadhānatā

[translation-san] {C,MSA} prasāda {C}(=abhisampratyaya-darśanād abhivardhamāna-śraddaḥ = buddha-dharma-saṃgha-āśayaḥ = guṇavattva-darśanād bhakti-viśeṣaḥ)

[translation-san] {MSA} bhakti

[translation-san] {MSA} ruci

[translation-san] {C} astitvena-abhisaṃpratyayaḥ

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} faith; devotion

[translation-eng] {C} serenity; serene faith; serene confidence; serene belief; trust; confidence; faithful acceptance

[comments] Comment: This is one of the eleven virtuous mental factors (sems byung dge ba, kuśalacaitta): (1) faith (dad pa, śraddhā); (2) shame (ngo tsha shes pa, hrī); (3) embarrassment (khrel yod pa, apatrāpya); (4) non-attachment (ma chags pa, alobha); (5) non-hatred (zhe sdang med pa, adveṣa); (6) non-ignorance (gti mug med pa, amoha); (7) effort (brtson 'grus, vīrya); (8) pliancy (shin tu sbyangs pa, prasrabdhi); (9) conscientiousness (bag yod pa, apramāda); (10) equanimity (btang snyoms, upekṣā); (11) non-harmfulness (rnam par mi 'tshe ba, avihiṃsā).

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary