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Bhakti Tirtha Swami (1950–2005) – initiated – 1973; Radhanath Swami – initiated 1973 [4] Bhakti Caitanya Swami – initiated 1973; Ambarisa Dasa (Alfred B. Ford), the great-grandson of Henry Ford – initiated 1975; Sadaputa Dasa (Dr. Richard L. Thompson, PhD 1947 – 2008) – initiated 1975; Satyaraja Dasa (Steven J. Rosen ...
In bhakti worship, rituals are primarily directed towards physical images. The terms " murti " and " vigraham " are commonly used in Hinduism to describe these images. A murti denotes an object with a distinct form that symbolizes the shape or manifestation of a particular deity, either a god or goddess.
Bhakti has been a prevalent practice in various Jaina sects in which learned Tirthankara (Jina) and human gurus are considered superior beings and venerated with offerings, songs and Arti prayers. [117] John Cort suggests that the bhakti movement in later Hinduism and Jainism may share roots in vandal and puja concepts of the Jaina tradition. [117]
ISKCON Gaudiya Vaishnavas often refer to the Amarakośa, a Sanskrit thesaurus, for meanings of words, and according to the writings of the Gaudiya acharyas, the word guru is very often defined as one who represents the Supreme Lord, does not invent new teachings, but teaches in accordance with the scriptures and the previous ācāryas. [2]
Since 2002, the president of WVA is the acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Srila Bhakti B. Tirtha Maharaj. [3] And the main forums are twice a year organizational meetings. [ 9 ] Thou, as notes in 2004 the scholar Jan Brzezinski, there is little real cooperation among these branches, and the World Vaisnava Association has not "met with ...
Molla is the second female Telugu poet of note, after Tallapaka Timmakka, wife of Tallapaka Annamayya ("Annamacharya"). She translated the Sanskrit Ramayana into Telugu. [1] Her father Atukuri Kesanna was a potter of Gopavaram, a village in Gopavaram Mandal near Badvel town, fifty miles north of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh state.
Ramadasu is one of the bhakti movement poet-saints of Hinduism, and a revered composer in the Carnatic music tradition. His compositions are largely kirtan genre, all focused on the Hindu god Rama of the Ramayana fame. He is most known for his pallavi, anupallavi and caranam compositions in Telugu and some in Sanskrit.