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Nirguna Brahman - About Nirguna Bhakti School of Thought

Nirguna is one of the schools of thought in Hinduism. The Nirguna Bhakti School of thought believed in formless god – Nirguna Brahman. Sant Kabir is one of the founders of the Nirguna School of Bhakti and conceived Bhagvan Sri Ram as a formless God.

Nirguna School of Bhakti was split into two groups.

The first group gave importance to knowledge and had an intellectual approach.

The second group believed in love and attachment and total surrender to Brahman (God) for attaining That. This group was the mystics.

Brahman is the concept of God in Hinduism. Brahman cannot be described or imagined. Only that exists.