Brahma Sampradaya
In Hinduism, the Brahma Sampradaya (IAST: Brahmā-sampradāya) is the disciplic succession (sampradaya) of gurus starting with Brahma.[1] The term is most often used to refer to the beliefs and teachings of Madhvacharya[2] and his Dvaita philosophy.
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The longer term Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya (Brahmā-Madhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya), or simply Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya, is used to refer to the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and his Gaudiya Vaishnava theology.[3]
Sampradaya
Followers of this tradition believe that Vedic knowledge descends from Brahma. In the Vedic conception, these sampradayas began at the creation of the universe and endure to the present moment due to the consistency of the transmission of knowledge, all the previous gurus are present in the teachings of the present spiritual master. The Vedic process assures that the transmission remains pure by assuring the qualifications of the transmitter.[4]
List of the Sampradaya acharyas, beginning with Krishna Himself:
- Krishna
- Brahma
- Narada Muni
- Vyasadeva
- Madhvacarya
- Padmanabha Tirtha
- Narahari Tirtha
- Madhava Tirtha
- Akshobhya Tirtha
- Jaya Tirtha
- Jnanasindhu
- Dayanidhi
- Vidyanidhi
- Rajendra
- Jayadharma
- Purusottama
- Brahmanya Tirtha
- Vyasa Tirtha
- Lakshmipati Tirtha
- Madhavendra Puri
- a) Isvara Puri, b) Nityananda Prabhu, c) Advaita Acharya
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Gaudiya Vaishnavism starts from here)
- a) Rupa Goswami, b) Svarupa Damodara Goswami, c) Sanatana Goswami
- a) Raghunatha dasa Goswami, b) Jiva Goswami
- Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
- Narottama dasa Thakura
- Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
- a) Baladeva Vidyabhusana, b) Jagannatha dasa Babaji
- Bhaktivinoda Thakura
- Gaurakisora dasa Babaji
- Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
References
- Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch - Page 239 Charles Eliot, 1998
- The Sadhus and Indian Civilisation - Page 57 Vijay Prakash Sharma - Sadhus - 1998 - 209 pages
- Female Ascetics in Hinduism Lynn Teskey Denton, 2004 - 224 pages
- Goswami, S.D. (1976), Readings in Vedic Literature: The Tradition Speaks for Itself, [S.l.]: Assoc Publishing Group, pp. 240 pages, ISBN 0912776889