Brahma Sampradaya
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InHinduism,theBrahma Sampradaya(IAST:Brahmā-sampradāya) is the disciplic succession (sampradaya) ofgurusstarting withBrahma.[1]The term is most often used to refer to the beliefs and teachings ofMadhvacharya,[2]hisDvaita Vedantaphilosophy, andSadh Vaishnavism,a tradition ofVaishnavismfounded byMadhvacharya.
The longer-termBrahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya(Brahmā-Madhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya), or simplyMadhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya,is used to refer to the teachings ofChaitanya Mahaprabhuand hisGaudiya Vaishnavatheology.[3]
Followers of this tradition believe thatVedicknowledge 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]
See also
[edit]- Brahma Samhita
- Madhvacharya
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Baladeva Vidyabhushana
- Kashi Math
- Sree Venu Gopala Swamy, Purakkad
- Sadh Vaishnavism
- Gaudiya Vaishnavism
References
[edit]- ^Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch - Page 239Charles Eliot, 1998
- ^The Sadhus and Indian Civilisation - Page 57Vijay Prakash Sharma - Sadhus - 1998 - 209 pages
- ^Female Ascetics in HinduismLynn 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,ISBN0912776889