Navnath Sampradaya
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The Navnath Sampradaya or 'Navnath Parampara', is a Hindu sampradaya, and a parampara, tradition based upon the lineage of the nine gurus Navnaths , from the Nath Sampradaya (lineage) of Hindu mythology.
This tradition, believes Rishi Dattatreya, an incarnation of the Holy trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva to be its first teacher [1].
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[edit] Navnaths
The nine teachers collectively known as Navnaths are consider the representative of great teachers in this tradition or parampara [2]:
- Matsyendranath
- Gorakhnath
- Jalandharnath
- Kanifnath
- Gahininath
- Bhartrinath
- Revananath
- Charpatnath
- Naganath
[edit] Important Teachers
The recent noted teachers of Inchegeri branch of this tradition, based on Advaita Vedanta, have been: Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), Sri Ranjit Maharaj (1913-2000) [3], and their guru, Sri Siddharameshwar (1888-1936) and preceding him was 'Bhausaheb Maharaj' (1843-1914) who founded the Math in Inchegeri [4]. Today, Navnath Parampara is most well known advaitic parampara in the world [5].
[edit] Further reading
- I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta, Transcribed and edited by Maurice Frydman. 1973. ISBN 0893860220.
- Nectar of Immortality, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Discourses on the Eternal, Edited by Robert Powell. 1987. ISBN 8120817338.
[edit] References
- ^ I Am That, by Nisargadatta Maharaj, chapter 97, Part II, Page 271
- ^ A Study of the Navnath Sampradaya
- ^ Sri Ranjit Maharaj profile
- ^ Lineage of Navnath Sampradaya
- ^ Lineages at advait.org
