🖤💛👑Great Teachers of India
India has many tausend various different traditions, most of them also tausend year/millennium-old traditions, most of them based on the principle of love& a personal god - in modern understanding, - a monotheism. Although❤️, we all know, in India the monotheism is quite colourful. The understanding is that one Supreme God together with his eternal female&divine consort appear in many un-countable personalities, godly games & forms..
up: God Krishna playing a flute in his teenage time.
up:Popular teacher in SouthIndia: Ramanuja Acharya
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1. God's direct appearances (Avataras)
2.The Golden Avatar & the Golden Age (Satya Yuga)
3. Great Munis & Rishis
4. Great teachers / Acharyas
5. Guides of the Modern Age
6. Eternally present
1. God's direct Appearances (Sanskrit: "Avataras")
up: God Krishna, with Flute
He appears "millennium for millennium again&again to reestablish dharma" (in the Sanskrit quote: "Yada Yada hi dharmasya".
Indian belief is also called
SANATAN DHARM
- our "timeless duty"/ "duty" .
According to the Old Indian scriptures, in speciality the Puranas, God Narayan/Gokul Krishna appears as 10 main Avataras (listed below). Some other scriptures write 24Avataras, and other texts also count more!!
On the whole, there are uncountable forms, and also among all the different life species (horse - Hayagreeva, Lion - Nrisimha, Eagle - Garuda, &many more!!)
Indian Mythology says, that God is very playful. Playfulness is one of his important character Eigenschaft. [he is omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, wise, has 6 opluences: all knowledge, beauty, wealth, austerity/tapasa,..., as well as all the 9rasas [ 9tastes: jealousy, love, happiness, greed, envie, purity].
The 10 Avataras and their respected lilas (divine plays/games on earth) are as follows:
1. Matsya - Avatar
-who also appears in other traditions: the Matsya Avatar [God as a big divine fish who saves the Vedas and all life species in a boat during a big flood], and the christian Arche Noah seem to be quite identical.
2. Kurma - Avatar (Tortoise incarnation)
3. Varaha
(boar who bring up planet earth, which was stolen by a demon, back to its planetary postion)
4. Narasimha-Avatara
(half man -half lion incarnation who slaight a big demon, and is worshiped by people for protection&security&power up till now!!)
up: Lord Nrisimha (half-man&half lion. Manifested to kill a big demon of that time!)
5. Parashurama 7.Sita Rama
8. Buddha (tin India Buddhism is not a separate religion but mere part of the Indianmythology)
9. Krishna Balarama (Krishna - very popular and lovived cute God, worshipped all over India. Depicted with playing flute in the forest, herding cows as in his a kid, & more.
10. Kalki Avatara (still to come. In Hebrew text the Messias is described as riding on a horse, with a sword in his hand (no typical Jesus description at all!), so same this Avatar is described like this. - the Modern world is ruled by bad/violent dictators, and He is killing or convincing them all, to rebuilt God's kingdom on earth!!)
Special Avatar:
2. The Golden Avatar & the upcoming Start of Golden Age (Satya Yuga)
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Appeared 1486-1534 in Bengal, East-India. Also known by the name "Gauranga" - which means translated 'Golden shiny body'. Due to his golden complexion he is also known as the Golden Avatar, hence, he is here to inaugurate the Satya Yuga / "Golden Millennium" - a time of wisdom, goodness, purity and health on earth.
The Satya Yuga is to start around 2048 AD (means in the upcoming years). Symptoms around the world u can already see: we have a lot of knowledge flow due to modern technology, lots of arts and music integrated in people's life. People take up yoga, arts and many ancient spiritual practices, healthy food & healthy life style& happiness become take a "sunny" priority in people's life!!
Mantras are introduced to all people from all backgrounds and classes, not primarily /only to the priests.
Other future Avataras are 1. Kalki Avatar. At the end of Kali Yuga [the Black Age"] Lord Krishna appears as a priest boy in a hidden village up in the Himalayan mountains where they speak Sanskrit and a huge library of ancient texts is preserved. He will study there, later find his consort Laxmi, marry her, and conquer all the demonic kings on earth and reestablish Truth/Satya Yug', the Age of Truthfulness/the Golden Age, will restart.
3. Great Munis & Rishis
Rishis/Munis (great sages) are descriped in the old Indian scriptures, the Puranas, & many Vedic texts have been spoken by these sages. Some of these personalities have a very long long life span, and they are still amongst us on planet earth to giude the people!!
up: Agastiar Muni. - sage who is the father of Dravidian/ Tamil people. Who invented Tamil language and its script, who taught Yoga Asana, Martial Arts (with no weapons, "bodyonbody", as well as Medical herbs, treatments & the SouthIndian Medical System known as"Sid-dha".
Sapta👏Rishis - The 7 Great Rishis!!
Agastiar Muni/A. Rishi
father of the Dravidian/ Tamil people. Inventor of the Tamil language and Tamil scrbd. Teacher of Yoga& Ayurveda. As per mythology, same teacher who went to Chine to teach accupincture/ marma therapy (System of 72.000 energy points along / across the body.
Also teacher of Martial Arts (body on body. Not all like Lord Murugan who taught all the weapons) * Indian Teachers F mart Lord Murugan. Lord Parashurama, Agastiar. Later famous Kings like the 5Pandavas and others.
3. Great teachers ("Acharyas")
1. Krishna/ Vishnu Tradition/ "Vaishnav" -Tradition: 4Vaishnav Acharyas: Madhava-Acharya, Ramanuja Acharya, Vishnu Swami, Nimbarka Acharya. And the person/ actually Avatar of God, who combined the Teachings of all these 4: Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. (this page is under construction. To get more information, please Google any of these names each!!)
("Bhakti-Tradition" of 15th century: Gauranga Maha prabhu, Mirabai, Jiva Goswami, other Goswamis, king of Rajasthan..)
Shakti-Tradition: (Shakti = Durga/ Kali/ Goddess with many 1000nd names!) - Markandeya Rishi. To study one can see any of the 108main sacred Temples of her where the puja/ worship is performed daily since 1000nds of years!
Shiva-Tradition / " Shaiva-Traidition" :
Shankara Acharya.
4. Guide Temporary Time/ Modern Age
YOGA ACHARYAS
Apart from Patanjali a. S. O.
KrishnamAcharya
BKS Iyengar.
RamaKrishna
Vivekananda
Gandhi
Gaudiya Tradition.
Shivananda und Chinmayanda
Osho
Ravi Shankar
Gaudiya Tradition. as peBhakti-Siddhanta,.. r Iskcon BH. Siddh
5. Eternally present
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