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The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. He was succeeded by nine other human gurus until, in 1708, the Guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, which is now considered the living Guru by the followers of the Sikh faith. [3]
The guru–shishya tradition plays an important part in the Shruti tradition of Vaidika dharma. The Hindus believe that the Vedas have been handed down through the ages from guru to shishya. The Vedas themselves prescribe for a young brahmachari to be sent to a Gurukul where the Guru (referred to also as acharya) teaches the pupil the Vedas and ...
The Natha Sampradaya is an initiatory Guru-shishya tradition. [citation needed] According to contemporary Nath Guru, Mahendranath, another aim is to avoid reincarnation. In The Magick Path of Tantra, he wrote about several of the aims of the Naths:
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.
Shrimath Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji, the predecessor of Shrimath Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji as mathadipathi, attained moksha on 17 January 2016. [4] In accordance with the guru–shishya tradition followed by the math, he had previously initiated Samyamindra as the shishya who would succeed him upon his death and thus Samyamindra became the new mathadipathi.
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami [1] (born 12 March 1981) is an Indian spiritual guru. Referred to as "Sadguruji" or "Sadgurudev", he received Atmadnyan diksha and advaita vedanta as per guru–shishya tradition of Datta Padmanabh Peeth from Sadguru Brahmanandacharya Swami.
The guru–shishya tradition involved a long-term, one-to-one relationship between master and pupil. [3] Watercolour, Punjab Hills, India, 1740. Before the creation of modern yoga, hatha yoga was practised in secret by solitary, ascetic yogins, learning the tradition as a long-term pupil or shishya apprenticed to their master or guru.
Guru is the spiritual preceptor in Jainism, and typically a role served by Jain ascetics. [8] [9] The guru is one of three fundamental tattva (categories), the other two being dharma (teachings) and deva . [96] The guru-tattva is what leads a lay person to the other two tattva. [96]