✦ India's 12 Great Acharyas, Bhakti Poets & Spiritual Masters ✦
From Adi Shankaracharya to Srila Prabhupada — the lighthouses of Indian spirituality. Founders of sampradayas, bhakti poets, and self-realized saints.
✦ Advaita · Vishishtadvaita · Dvaita · Bhakti · Sikhism · ISKCON ✦
Adi Shankaracharya
📜 788-820 CE
✦ Established 4 mathas, wrote Bhashyas on Brahmasutra, Gita, Upanishads ✦
Ramanujacharya
📜 1017-1137 CE
✦ Sri Vaishnavism founder, Sri Bhashya ✦
Madhvacharya
📜 1238-1317 CE
✦ Dvaita philosophy founder, Brahma Sampradaya ✦
Sant Tulsidas
📜 1497-1623 CE
✦ Ramcharitmanas, Hanuman Chalisa, Vinay Patrika ✦
Sant Kabir
📜 1398-1518 CE
✦ Dohas, Bijak, social reform through poetry ✦
Meera Bai
📜 1498-1547 CE
✦ Krishna devotee, bhajans known across India ✦
Sri Chaitanya
📜 1486-1534 CE
✦ Started Hare Krishna mantra movement, Achintya Bheda Abheda ✦
Guru Nanak
📜 1469-1539 CE
✦ Founder of Sikhism, Ek Onkar ✦
Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
📜 1836-1886 CE
✦ Kali devotee, taught harmony of all religions ✦
Swami Vivekananda
📜 1863-1902 CE
✦ Chicago speech 1893, founded Ramakrishna Mission ✦
Sri Ramana Maharshi
📜 1879-1950 CE
✦ Arunachala saint, "Who am I?" enquiry ✦
Srila Prabhupada
📜 1896-1977 CE
✦ Founded ISKCON, spread Hare Krishna globally ✦
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥
✦ The Guru is Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva · I bow to the Guru as the Supreme Brahman ✦
✦ — The Sadguru's grace is supreme — ✦
✦ अभी तक कोई टिप्पणी नहीं ✦
पहली टिप्पणी करें!