Nabhaji's Bhaktamala claims that Ramananda had ideological and philosophical relations with Ramanuja, another great spiritual figure of medieval India. Saint Ramananda is considered as the bridge between the Bhakti Movement of South India and that of North India.
● Ramananda employed vernacular language instead of Sanskrit to ensure a wide range and easy access of his simple teachings and sublime ideas among the common masses.
● He popularized the Bhakti of Lord Rama and Sita through his spiritual ideas. He claimed the total devotion to and pure Bhakti of Lord Rama is the only
way of attaining salvation. He even rejected the Karma marga (way of action) and Jnan marga (way of knowledge) and gave emphasis to Bhakti of Lord Rama only.
● He rejected the barriers of caste and creed in Bhakti of God. He threw the gates of his spiritual world wide open for all. He once uttered, “Let no man ask a man's caste or sect. Whoever adores God, he is God's own." He accepted people of various castes and sections as his disciples and he used to live with them to show his vehement opposition to the caste system. Kabir (weaver), Ravidas (Harijan), Dhanna (Jat) and Bhagat Pipa were his great disciples from different sections of society.
● Saint Ramananda's teachings have been included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs.
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