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  2. Āśrama (stage) - Wikipedia

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    Āśrama (Sanskrit: आश्रम) is a system of stages of life discussed in Hindu texts of the ancient and medieval eras. [1] The four asramas are: Brahmacharya (student), Gṛhastha (householder), Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), and Sannyasa (renunciate).

  3. Four Kumaras - Wikipedia

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    All four brothers studied Vedas from their childhood, and always travelled together. [4] The Bhagavata Purana lists the Kumaras among the twelve mahajanas (great devotees or bhaktas) [5] who although being eternally liberated souls from birth, still became attracted to the devotional service of Vishnu from their already enlightened state. [6]

  4. Vyasa Peetha - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Peetha means seat, altar or holy place where a deity resides ('sits'); it also refers to a temple or ashram where knowledge is acquired. Vyasa Gaddi refers to the ‘seat of Vyasa’. [1] The term Vyasa Peetha is also used to denote the seat where priests sits to recite the Veda's and other texts. [5] [6]

  5. Jabala Upanishad - Wikipedia

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    The Jabala Upanishad is an ancient text, composed before 300 CE and likely around the 3rd century BCE. [4] It is among the oldest Upanishads that discuss the subject of renouncing the worldly life for the exclusive pursuit of spiritual knowledge. The text discusses the city of Banaras in spiritual terms, as Avimuktam.

  6. Shankaracharya - Wikipedia

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    Veda Sampradaya Present Shankaracharya Padmapāda: East Puri Govardhanmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ: Prajñānam brahma (Consciousness is Brahman) Rig Veda: Bhogavala Swami Nischalananda Saraswati: Sureśvara: South Sringeri Śārada Pīṭhaṃ: Aham brahmāsmi (I am Brahman) Yajur Veda: Bhurivala Sri Bharati Tirtha: Hastāmalakācārya: West Dvāraka ...

  7. Vyasa - Wikipedia

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    Veda Vyasa is actually a title, which is given to each sage who categorizes the Vedas into four parts in the beginning of Kali Yuga. Earlier, Krishna Dvaipayana's father, Parashara had categorized the vedas in the 26th Chaturyuga. In this chaturyuga, Krishna or Vishnu himself descends onto the Earth to categorize the Vedas as Krishna Dvaipayana.

  8. Vedas - Wikipedia

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    The Vedas (/ ˈ v eɪ d ə z / [4] or / ˈ v iː d ə z /; [5] Sanskrit: वेदः, romanized: Vēdaḥ, lit. 'knowledge'), sometimes collectively called the Veda, are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest ...

  9. Shreedhar Swami - Wikipedia

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    After this till 1967, he extensively toured all over India and through his speeches, writings and spiritual initiatives, spread the core messages of the Vedas among common people. He, returned south to Varadapura in 1967 where he set up an ashram. He practised, held Hindu exorcism in various holy places, temples including Kolgibis (Kumta road ...