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Prashant Tripathi, known as Acharya Prashant, is an Indian author and Advaita teacher. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He teaches seventeen forms of Gita and sixty forms of Upanishads . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He is the founder of a non-profit organization named Prashant Advait Foundation, [ 6 ] and is an animal rights activist .
He worked as an electrical engineer at Hewlett Packard for a brief period, before leaving the company in 1996 to become a monk. [3]After a few years, he left his job and joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) as a monk, where he was given the name "Gaur Gopal Das".
Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah (Sanskrit: धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः; IAST: dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ) is a popular Sanskrit phrase [1] [2] mentioned in the Mahabharata [3] [4] [5] and Manusmriti verse 8.15.
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Vinayak Narahari Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave (pronunciation ⓘ; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Teacher in Sanskrit), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement.
He wrote, "The devotee who is aashrit of Dharmakul (i.e. he who has received initiation from Dharmavanshi Acharya and remains loyal to the Acharya) gets a divine Bhram-state body by God's wish." [ 19 ] [ 20 ] It is seen as imperative to be a humble, loyal follower of the Dharmavanshi Acharya once receiving the diksha (guru mantra) in order to ...
He is the current Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhara. [1] [2] Juna Akhara is the largest Akhara for Naga Sadhus in India. [3] [4] Giri has initiated about one million Naga sadhus. [5] [6] His Ashram is situated at Kankhal, Haridwar. [7] He is the president of Hindu Dharm Acharya Sabha and also a board member of the World Council of ...