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The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Indonesian: Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan (KontraS)) is an Indonesian human rights organization established in 1998 to investigate forced disappearances and acts of violence.
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.
These blog posts were widely read and later novelised under the name Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan; [1] the novelisation sold 350,000 copies. [2] [3] Surat was the feature film debut of Dinda Hauw. [1] Most of the cast and crew were relatively unknown; Alex Komang was the main exception. [2] The film was produced by Sarjono Sutrisno, of Skylar ...
Vethathiri Maharishi (1911 - 2006) Indian yoga guru, philosopher and spiritual leader, Aliyar Tamilnadu State; Vadiraja Tirtha (1480–1600) Vasugupta (~ 800–850 CE), author of the Shiva Sutras in Kashmiri Shaivism; Vedanta Desika, SriVaishnava Philosopher and Guru (c. 1268 – c. 1369) Vidyaranya (c. 1268 – c. 1386) Vidyadheesh Teertha Swamiji
The guru, and gurukula – a school run by guru, were an established tradition in India by the 1st millennium BCE, and these helped compose and transmit the various Vedas, the Upanishads, texts of various schools of Hindu philosophy, and post-Vedic Shastras ranging from spiritual knowledge to various arts so also specific science and technology.
Shri Guru Charitra begins with the story of a character called Naamdharak, who is a personification of a common man, buried with mundane burdens. Naamdharak is troubled with the worldly pains and sets out in search of a Guru for some spiritual guidance. During his journey, he first sees a yogi in his dream.
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".
Guru Padmasambhava (Skt: Guru Padmasambhava), meaning "Lotus Essence", a symbol of spiritual perfection, peaceful, manifests and teaches Mandarava, transforming negative energies into compassionate and peaceful forms. He is shown with a rich white complexion, very peaceful, and wears a red monk's hat, and sits on a lotus with his right hand in ...