Rudra Sampradaya

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Rudra Sampradaya

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Hinduism

'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
, the Rudra Sampradaya is one of four Vaishnava sampradaya

Sampradaya

In Hinduism, a sampradaya can be translated as ?tradition? or a ?religious system?, although the word commands much more respect and power in the Indian context than its translations in English does....
s, a tradition of disciplic succession in the religion. Vaishnavism is distinguished from other schools of Hinduism by its primary worship of deities Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu , , is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of panchadeva, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita....
and/or Krishna

Krishna

Krishna is a deity worshiped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. While many Vaishnava groups recognize him as an avatar of Vishnu, other traditions within Krishnaism consider Krishna to be svayam bhagavan, or the supreme being....
and their avatar

Avatar

Avatar or Avatara , often translated into English as incarnation, literally means descent and usually implies a deliberate descent from higher spiritual realms to lower realms of existence for special purposes....
s as the Supreme forms of God. The ascetic Vishnuswami

Vishnuswami

Vishnuswami was a Hindu religious leader. He is primarily known for having started the Rudra sampradaya.References...
formed the Rudra-Sampradaya, though the sampradaya is believed to have traced its origins to the Hindu deity Shiva

Shiva

Shiva: is a major Hinduism god, and one aspect of Trimurti. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he is one of panchadeva....
, also known as Rudra

Rudra

Rudra is a Rigvedic deities of the storm, the wind, and the hunt. The name has been translated as "Roarer", "Howler", "Wild One", and "Terrible"....
, who passed on the knowledge imparted to him by Vishnu (or Krishna), on mankind.

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Shaivism

Shaivism,names the oldest of the four sects of Hinduism. Followers of Shaivism, called "Shaivas," and also "Saivas" or "Saivites," revere Shiva as the Supreme Being....
school dedicated to his worship as the Supreme God, is the first and foremost Vaishnava, or follower of Vishnu. According to the tradition, Vishnuswami was fifthteenth in the line of passing of the knowledge from teacher to student. The date of formation of the sampradaya is disputed. While James Hastings dates Vishnuswami to the early 15^th century, and Carl Olson dates him to the 13^th century, followers of the sampradaya says that Vishnuswami was born 4500 years earlier. Not much about the historical Vishnuswami is known and all his works are thought to have been lost in time. The earliest converts were from Gujarat

Gujarat

Gujarat is a States and territories of India in western India. Gujarat borders Pakistan to the north west and the state of Rajasthan to the north and northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territory of Diu, Daman District, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south....
in western India

India

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. The beliefs of the sampradaya was further propagated by Vallabha Acharya

Vallabha Acharya

Sri Vallabhacharya was a devotional philosopher, who founded the Pushtimarg sect in India, following the philosophy of Shuddha advaita .He is regarded as an Acharya and Guru within the Vaishnava traditions as promulgated and prescribed by the Vedanta philosophy....
(1479 – 1531).

Rudra sampradaya has two main sects: Vishnuswamis, that is, followers of Vishnuswami and the Vallabhas or Pushtimarg

Pushtimarg

Pushtimarg is a sect of the Hindu religion, founded by Shrimad Vallabhacharya Shri Vallabhacharya is one of the five main Acharyas of the Hindu Religion....
sect, founded by Vallabha. According to William Deadwyler, the sampradaya has disappeared, except for the Pushtimarg group.

The philosophy of the sampradaya is Shuddhadvaita

Shuddhadvaita

Shuddadvaita , also known as the ' or ' , is a Hinduism Vaishnava tradition, established by Vallabhacharya in the fifteenth century. The tradition is focused on the worship of Krishna and preaches a pure form philosophy different from Advaita....
, pure monism

Monism

Monism is any philosophical view which holds that there is unity in a given field of inquiry, where this is not to be expected. Thus, some philosophers may hold that the Universe is really just one thing, despite its many appearances and diversities; or theology may support the view that there is one God, with many manifestations in different...
to Krishna

Krishna

Radha

Radha is the principal consort of Krishna in the Srimad Bhagavatam, and the Gita Govinda of the Hinduism religion. Radha is almost always depicted alongside Krishna and features prominently within the theology of today's Gaudiya Vaishnava religion, which regards Radha as the original Goddess or Shakti....
. Another form of Krishna, the Bala Gopala or infant Krishna is also worshipped by the sampradaya.

Unlike other sampradayas in Hinduism, which insist on the clergy to lead an ascetic's life; the clergy in most Rudra sampradaya sects, are expected to marry and live a worldly life with their family.