Rudra Sampradaya
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In Hinduism, the Rudra Sampradaya is one of four Vaishnava sampradayas, a tradition of disciplic succession in the religion. Vaishnavism is distinguished from other schools of Hinduism by its primary worship of deities and their Avatars as the Supreme forms of God. The ascetic Vishnuswami formed the Rudra-Sampradaya,[1][2] though the sampradaya is believed to have traced its origins to the Hindu deity Shiva, also known as Rudra.Vishnu swami is founder acharya of his sampradaya and known as rudra sampradaya. He got rudra sampradaya parampara from lord Shiva. Afterwards it was called vishnuswami sampradaya. And when became Acharya its name changed to [pushtimarg] or [vallabh sampraday. Vishnu swami continued his tradition by making [[bilvamangalacharya the next vishnu swami of sampradaya. According to legends, He told bilvamangal that you would not die until the god himself appears in this tradition. After a wait of 4000 years finally god appeared after the 100th yagna, He appeared as mahaprabhu vallabhacharya in 15th century. Vallabhacharya mahaprabhu was third vishnuswami of tradition. Today also this tradition is carried from generations to generations, in the lineage of vallabhacharya mahaprabhu. The present day Vishnuswami is the 16th descendant of Jagadguru shri vallabhacharya HH P.Pu shashthapithadhishwar Goswami shri Vallabhraiji Maharaj..[3] Not much about the historical Vishnuswami is known and all his works are thought to have been lost in time. The Sampradaya originated in Sri Kshetra(Odisha) but currently is mainly present in Gujarat/Rajasthan, through the Vallabha sampradaya. The beliefs of the sampradaya was further propagated by Vallabha Acharya (1479–1531).
The philosophy of the sampradaya is Shuddhadvaita, or pure monism.
See also[]
- Adi Shankara
- Brahma Sampradaya
- Pushtimarg
- Rudra
- Rudralife
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- Vaishnava sects