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    Diksha (redirect from Diksa guru)
    or student. Initiation by touch is called sparśa dīkṣā. The bestowing of divine grace through diksa is sometimes called śaktipāt. Another type of diksha...
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    before the main sacrifice. Twelve days of dīkṣā rites took place, and then twelve days of upasad. The dīkṣā rite was a preparatory consecration rite performed...
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    Adam Diksa (born 15 January 1984), better known by his stage name Keiran Lee, is an English pornographic actor, director, and producer who works mainly...
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    nama initiation ceremony, referred to respectively as brahmana diksa and Hari nama diksa. ISKCON Gaudiya Vaishnavas often refer to lexicons of Amarakośa...
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    These are esoteric, minority sub-traditions wherein devotees are initiated (dīkṣa) into a specific cult they prefer. Their goals vary, ranging from liberation...
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    knowledge). The initial step in this path is the ritual of initiation (diksa), which opens to door to future liberation at death. In the non-dualistic...
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  • abhisheka with 1008 Kalasha (holy vessels) on the tirthankara on Mount Meru. Dīkṣā kalyāṇaka: When a tirthankara renounce all worldly possessions and becomes...
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  • district in Uttar Pradesh, to Pandit Durgaprasad Mishra and Abhiraji Devi. His Dīkṣā Guru is Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, whose epic poem Gītarāmāyaṇam was released...
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    "Adapting Śaiva Tantric Initiation for Exoteric Circles: The Lokadharmiṇī Dīkṣā and Its History in Early Medieval Sources", Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions...
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  • 2014 Inducted: AVN Awards Hall of Fame (Founders Branch) Keiran Lee Adam Diksa Derby 2006– 2007 UKAFTA for Best Male Actor 2017 AVN Fan Award for "Favourite...
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    Hindu Vedanta. She became a leading figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism and a diksa guru and sampradaya head. Janhava Devi was born in Ambika Kalna (modern-day...
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    Visakha Dasi and Sudharma Dasi[verification needed] "GBC Approves Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus in ISKCON". ISKCON News. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020...
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    The Tribune. India. The Tribune Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2013. "दीक्षा or dīkṣā". SHABDKOSH™ English Hindi Dictionary. Retrieved 30 June 2013. The Pali...
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  • Victoria Lynch 1960- American former pornographic actress Keiran Lee Adam Diksa 1984- English pornographic actor Lila Lee Augusta Appel 1905-1973 American...
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    They are: Dhi Vrtti Usana Urna Niyuta Sarpis Ila Ambika Iravatl Svadha Diksa Brahma allotted to the Rudras the eleven positions of the heart and the...
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    Swāmī Predecessor A. C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Initiation Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dīkṣā 1968 Montreal, Canada by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Ordination Gauḍīya Sannyāsa...
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    necessary prerequisite for Trika yogic practice is tantric initiation or dīkṣa. The Mālinīvijayottara Tantra, a major source for the tradition, states:...
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    of a stage of life, called brahmacharya. The Vedic literature suggests diksa (incubation of a student in a field of knowledge) requires tapas, and tapas...
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  • Senior posting Guru AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Initiation Diksa–1971, Sannyasa–1979 Post ISKCON Guru, Sannyasi Website http://www.indradyumnaswami...
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  • "Adapting Śaiva Tantric Initiation for Exoteric Circles: The Lokadharmiṇī Dīkṣā and Its History in Early Medieval Sources", Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions...
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  • Asvayujau Bhadra Buddhi Chhaya (Chaya) Devaki Devasena Devi Dhumavati Dhumorna Diksa (Diksha) Dipti Disa Ganga (Ganga Devi) Gulsilia Mata Hariti Harsa Indukari...
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  • Bhagavat, Tula vina, Sola Chapadi, Chari Chapadi, Tola Bena, Daru Brahma Gita, Diksa Samyad, Artha Koili, Muguni Stuti, Annamaya Kundali, Goloka Sarodhara, Bhakti...
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    The Grande Dixence Dam (French pronunciation: [gʁãd diksãs]) is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence at the head of the Val d'Hérémence in the canton...
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    Vrindavan, India Religion Gaudiya Vaishnavism Senior posting Initiation Diksa–1979, Sannyasa–1997 Post ISKCON Guru, ISKCON Sannyasi Website http://www...
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    Archived 26 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine Is Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the diksa line of Madhvacharya?[permanent dead link] Gaudiya Mission Gaudiya Vedanta...
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    Brahma satras like the Dakhinpat satra went so far as to administer tantric diksa (initiation)."(Shin 2017:248) Chaitanya, Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath (1989)...
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    career Successor Madhusudan Das ("Bapuji") Initiation Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Diksa as Kīrtanānanda Dāsa, by Bhaktivedanta Swami, 1966, New York Ordination...
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    (mātṛkās) according to their lotus petals, and the esoteric initiations called dīkṣās largely refer to this distribution of letters. Importance is also given...
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    Vaiṣṇavavāda Monastic name Hṛdayānanda Dāsa Gosvāmī Senior posting Predecessor Prabhupada Initiation Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa Website www.hdgoswami.com...
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  • Religious career Predecessor Darshan Ram Successor Ram Dayal Initiation Diksa–Falgun Sudi 11, 1983 Vikram Samvat Post Guru, Sannyasi, Acharya Sanskrit...
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