Diksha (redirect from Initiation in Hinduism)
Diksha has the same meaning in Jainism. Diksha is also called Charitra or Mahanibhiskraman in Jainism. Initiation in Hinduism involves performing one of...
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followers abide. The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, it has also been described as sanātana dharma...
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Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community...
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Upanayana (category Hinduism and children)
preceptor, such as a guru or acharya, and an individual's initiation into a school in Hinduism. Some traditions consider the ceremony as a spiritual rebirth...
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Naming ceremony (section Hinduism)
converts to Hinduism to mark their formal initiation into Hinduism. The convert chooses a Hindu name to declare his allegiance to Hinduism and his severance...
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René Guénon (redirect from Perspectives on initiation)
esotericism, "sacred science" and "traditional studies" to symbolism and initiation. In his writings, he proposes to hand down eastern metaphysics and traditions...
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Religious conversion (redirect from Convert to Hinduism)
Zoroastrianism, and Hinduism. Other religions, such as Primal Religions, Confucianism, and Taoism, may also be considered non-missionary religions. In sharing their...
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sectarian symbol of Hinduism" and Vaishnavas consider it as "the manifestation of god in the plant kingdom". The tulasi plant is grown in or near several...
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Virginity (redirect from Virginity in Hinduism)
the way it did. In the present, the mother of a Buddha does not have to be a virgin; she must have never had a child, however. In Hinduism, premarital virginity...
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Rite of passage (redirect from Initiation rites)
rites. In the work he concentrates on groups and rites individuals might normally encounter progressively: pregnancy, childbirth, initiation, betrothal...
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Hindu denominations (redirect from Schools of Hinduism)
traditions, movements, and sects are traditions and sub-traditions within Hinduism centered on one or more gods or goddesses, such as Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti...
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List of Hindu gurus and sants (category Hinduism-related lists)
This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and spiritual masters. A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual...
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Tantra (redirect from Tantra in Hinduism)
from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The term tantra, in the Indian traditions, also means any systematic broadly...
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Samskara (Indian philosophy) (redirect from Sanskara (Hinduism))
vāsanā), particularly in the Vaiśeṣika school of Hinduism. Vasana also means "impression, inclination of anything remaining unconsciously in the mind". Samskara...
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Radha Soami Satsang Beas (category All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English)
Soami Satsang Beas was founded in India in 1891 by Jaimal Singh. Shiv Dayal Singh gave initiation to Baba Jaimal Singh in 1856, who then started meditating...
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Abhisheka (category Puja (Hinduism))
method of prayer in which a devotee pours a liquid offering on an image or murti of a deity. This is common to religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism...
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Indian mythology, and Devas feature in many cosmological theories in Hinduism. Deva is a Sanskrit word found in Vedic literature of 2nd millennium BCE...
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Mahant Swami Maharaj (section Significance in BAPS)
devotee of God.: 46–7 Mahant Swami Maharaj received initiation as a Hindu swami from Yogiji Maharaj in 1961. He was revealed by Pramukh Swami Maharaj as...
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Asrama system is one facet of the Dharma concept in Hinduism. It is also a component of the ethical theories in Indian philosophy, where it is combined with...
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Shaktipata (Sanskrit: शक्तिपात, romanized: śaktipāta) or Shaktipat refers in Hinduism to the transmission (or conferring) of spiritual energy upon one person...
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Shaktism (redirect from Shakta Hinduism)
earliest evidence of reverence for the female aspect of God in Hinduism is this passage in chapter 10.125 of the Rig Veda, also called the Devi Suktam...
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local spiritual assemblies in Ivory Coast. Hinduism has a small presence in the country. The Ananda Marga runs a school in Abidjan. There is a Brahmakumari...
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deities for worship in temples; for different forms of initiations or diksha. This code is analogous to those in Puranas and in the Buddhist text of...
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Vaishnavism (redirect from Vaishnavite Hinduism)
their works flourishing about the time of the revival of Brahminism and Hinduism in the north, speculating that Vaishnavism might have penetrated to the...
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Krishna (redirect from Krishna (Hinduism))
[ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ]) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God in his own right. He is the god...
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parallel with Hinduism is evident because Hinduist deity Hatakeshvara with his consort rules in Vitala, the second realm of asuras in Patala. Of course...
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under Siddharudha Swami in Hubli, where he learned Sanskrit, Vedanta, and all branches of yoga. He received sannyasa initiation in the Sarasvati order of...
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Bhagwan Gopinath (section In culture)
invoked method of initiation in Hinduism. He is known to have guided seekers based on their spiritual aptitude and receptivity in worshipping either...
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Swami Ramanand (section Swaminarayan and initiation)
earlier. In his travels to Srirangam in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him diksha (initiation) in a dream and...
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("lineage"), denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism (including Tibetan and...
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