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Neminatha was the twenty-second Tirthankara (ford-maker) of the avasarpiṇī (present descending cycle of Jain cosmology). [12] [13] [14] Jain tradition place him as a contemporary of Krishna, the ninth and last vasudev. [15]
Although the Society's membership was relatively small, it paved the way for the later rise in popularity of yoga in the United States. [ 4 ] Paramahansa Yogananda also came to the United States to attend a conference in 1920 and established the Self Realization Fellowship .
Girnar was anciently called Raivata or Ujjayanta, sacred amongst the Jains to Neminath, the 22nd Tirthankara, and a place of pilgrimage since before 250 BCE. [2]Situated on the first plateau of Mount Girnar at the height of about 3800 steps, at an altitude of 2370 ft above Junagadh, still some 600 ft below the first summit of Girnar, there are Jain temples with marvelous carvings in marble.
Bhaktivedanta Academy, named for ISKCON Founder-Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, is a primary and secondary school in Alachua, Florida. [13] The school is a Montessori school and in the process of gaining approval to become an IB World School that is authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) to offer IB academic programs.
The Sanskrit noun योग yoga is derived from the root yuj (युज्) "to attach, join, harness, yoke" [7] (yoga is a cognate of the English word "yoke" [8]).According to Timothy Miller, the term yoga may designate various spiritual practices in Hindu traditions, translating it as "union" or "discipline". [2]
Narayana (as Krishna) is also described in the Bhagavad Gita as having a universal form which is beyond the ordinary limits of human perception or imagination. [ 20 ] In the Narayana Sukta , Narayana is essentially the supreme force and/or essence of all: 'Nārāyaṇa parabrahman tatvam Nārāyaṇa paraha'.
Girnar is an ancient hill in Junagadh, Gujarat, India.It is one of the holiest pilgrimages for Jains, where the 22nd Tirthaṅkar, Lord Neminath attained omniscience, and later nirvana along with other five hundred and thirty three enlightened sages.
Krishnaism is a term used in scholarly circles to describe large group of independent Hindu traditions—sampradayas related to Vaishnavism—that center on the devotion to Krishna as Svayam Bhagavan, Ishvara, Para Brahman, who is the source of all reality, not simply an avatar of Vishnu.