Brahma Sampradaya

The Brahma Sampradaya (Brahma-sampradāya) refers to the disciplic succession (sampradaya) of gurus starting with Brahma in Hinduism.[1] The term is most often used to refer to the beliefs and teachings of Madhvacharya[2] and his Dvaita philosophy. Sometimes it may also refer to the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and his Gaudiya theology. A number of worldwide religious movements belong to this line, including ISKCON (founder-acharya: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami),[3] which is the follower of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the main present representative of Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya 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 in the person of the student's own guru. 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]

Usually Brahma sampradaya is called Brahma-Madhva Sampradaya, because teaching comes through Madhavacarya.

Also there is usually linked Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya so it is called - Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya

List of the Sampradaya members, acharyas, beginning with Krishna Himself:

  1. Krishna
  2. Brahma
  3. Narada Muni
  4. Vyasadeva
  5. Madhvacarya
  6. Padmanabha Tirtha
  7. Nrhari Tirtha
  8. Madhava Tirtha
  9. Aksobhya Tirtha
  10. Jaya Tirtha
  11. Jnanasindhu Tirtha
  12. Dayanidhi Tirtha
  13. Vidyanidhi Tirtha
  14. Rajendra Tirtha
  15. Jayadharma Tirtha
  16. Purusottama Tirtha
  17. Brahmanya Tirtha
  18. Vyasa Tirtha
  19. Laksmipati Tirtha
  20. Madhavendra Puri
  21. a) Isvara Puri, b) Nityananda Prabhu, c) Advaita Acharya
  22. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
  23. a) Rupa Goswami, b) Sanatana Goswami, c) Svarupa Damodara Goswami
  24. a) Raghunatha dasa Goswami, b) Jiva Goswami
  25. Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
  26. Narottama dasa Thakura
  27. Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
  28. a) Baladeva Vidyabhusana, b) Jagannatha dasa Babaji
  29. Bhaktivinoda Thakura
  30. Gaurakisora dasa Babaji
  31. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
  32. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Founder-Acharya of ISKCON)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch - Page 239 Charles Eliot, 1998
  2. ↑ The Sadhus and Indian Civilisation - Page 57 Vijay Prakash Sharma - Sadhus - 1998 - 209 pages
  3. ↑ Female Ascetics in Hinduism Lynn Teskey Denton, 2004 - 224 pages
  4. ↑ Goswami, S.D. (1976), Readings in Vedit Literature: The Tradition Speaks for Itself, [S.l.]: Assoc Publishing Group, pp. 240 pages, ISBN 0912776889 Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)


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