touch is called sparśa dīkṣā. The bestowing of divine grace through diksa is sometimes called śaktipāt. Another type of dīkṣā, into a monastic order,...

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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...

These are esoteric, minority sub-traditions wherein devotees are initiated (dīkṣa) into a specific cult they prefer. Their goals vary, ranging from liberation...

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...

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...

nama initiation ceremony, referred to respectively as brahmana diksa and Hari nama diksa. ISKCON Gaudiya Vaishnavas often refer to the Amarakośa, a Sanskrit...

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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...

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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necessary prerequisite for Trika yogic practice is tantric initiation or dīkṣa. The Mālinīvijayottara Tantra, a major source for the tradition, states:...

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...

Sannyāsa, 1970, Calcutta, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Initiation Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dīkṣā 1968 Montreal, Canada by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Religious career Teacher A...

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...

district in Uttar Pradesh, to Pandit Durgaprasad Mishra and Abhiraji Devi. His Dīkṣā Guru is Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, whose epic poem Gītarāmāyaṇam was released...

paramparā, or family succession (paramparā means ‘one after the other’), and a dīkṣā paramparā, or initiation succession, a succession of followers not related...

Asvayujau Bhadra Buddhi Chhaya (Chaya) Devaki Devasena Devi Dhumavati Dhumorna Diksa (Diksha) Dipti Disa Ganga (Ganga Devi) Gulsilia Mata Hariti Harsa Indukari...

Archived 26 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine Is Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the diksa line of Madhvacharya?[permanent dead link‍] Gaudiya Mission Gaudiya Vedanta...

(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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mantra dīkṣā from Śrī Vinod Vihārī Goswāmī and became his disciple, with the name Haridāsa. After a year, Śrī Haridās received bābājī-veṣa dīkṣā from him...

Vaiṣṇavavāda Monastic name Hṛdayānanda Dāsa Gosvāmī Initiation Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa Senior posting Predecessor Prabhupada Website www.hdgoswami.com...

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Rajathan, India Nationality Indian Religious life Religion Hinduism Initiation Diksa–Falgun Sudi 11, 1983 Vikram Samvat Religious career Post Guru, Sannyasi...

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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...

Svāmī, by Bhaktivedanta Swami, 1967, India Initiation Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Diksa as Kīrtanānanda dāsa, by Bhaktivedanta Swami, 1966, New York Religious career...

Philosophy Achintya Bheda Abheda Bhakti yoga Sect Gaudiya Vaishnavism Initiation Diksa–1973 by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Sannyasa–1982 by Kirtanananda...