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The traditional guru–disciple relationship. Watercolour, Punjab Hills, India, 1740. The guru–shishya tradition, or parampara ("lineage"), denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism (including Tibetan and Zen traditions).
A Guru—shishya tradition ("lineage" or parampara) denotes a succession of teachers and disciples within some sampradaya (school, tradition). In accordance with the tradition, Gaudiya Vaishnavism as a subschool belongs to the Brahma Sampradaya, one of the four "orthodox" Vaishnavite schools.
In Hinduism, the Brahma Sampradaya (IAST: Brahmā-sampradāya) is the disciplic succession of gurus starting with Brahma. [1] The term is most often used to refer to the beliefs and teachings of Madhvacharya, [2] his Dvaita Vedanta philosophy, and Sadh Vaishnavism, a tradition of Vaishnavism founded by Madhvacharya.
Chanting beads, normally of tulsi wood given by an ISKCON guru at the initiation to an ISKCON devotee. Prabhupada claimed to belong to the traditional system of paramparā, or disciplic succession, in which teachings upheld by scriptures are handed down from master to disciple, generation after generation. [citation needed]
ISKCON is a multi-guru organization that places the ultimate managerial authority in its Governing Body, a group rather than a single person. Current ISKCON Guru System is developed by the group of leaders, Governing Body Commission, (GBC), the managerial authority of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
The complete list of pontiffs (pithadhipatis/ācāryas who had taken the seat of this math is as below: [56] [57] This list represents the authorized guru-paramparā (disciplic succession) of Śrī Uttaradi Math till date. Śrī Haṁsa (A name of The Supreme Person/Supreme Godhead, Śrī Nārāyaṇa or Śrī Hari; Paramātmā) Śrī Brahmā ...
A particular guru lineage in guru-shishya tradition is called parampara, and may have its own akharas and gurukulas. By receiving diksha (initiation) into the parampara of a living guru, one belongs to its proper sampradaya. [1] One cannot become a member by birth, as is the case with gotra, a seminal, or hereditary, dynasty.
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