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  2. Brahma Sampradaya - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Guru–shishya tradition - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. Rudra Sampradaya - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, the Rudra Sampradaya is one of four Vaishnava sampradayas, a tradition of disciplic succession in the religion. Vaishnavism is distinguished from other schools of Hinduism by its primary worship of deities Vishnu and his Avatars as the Supreme forms of God.

  5. Sampradaya - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Hansadutta Swami - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, Hansadutta published a collection of essays, letters and articles under the title Srila Prabhupada, His Movement and You, [13] in which he presented arguments and evidence in support of continuation of the parampara (disciplic succession) as a "ritvik", [14] or representative, of Bhaktivedanta Swami. At this time Hansadutta redirected ...

  7. Gaudiya Vaishnavism - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. International Society for Krishna Consciousness - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Uttaradi Math - Wikipedia

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    The complete list of pontiffs (pithadhipatis/ācāryas who had taken the seat of this math is as below: [52] [53] 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 ...