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Jagadguru Shree
Kripalu Ji Maharaj |
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About Maharajji
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The Jagadguru Tradition |
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The Jagadguru Tradition - World Teachers of the Eternal Religion
Divine personalities who
displayed unparalleled mastery over all Vedic scriptures, and who
brought about a spiritual revolution in the minds of the people by their
unique explanation of Vedic knowledge, have
traditionally been conferred the
title of Jagadguru, or Spiritual Master of the whole world. In the past
5000 years of the present age of Kali, five personalities have been
recognized as original Jagadgurus:
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1.
Jagadguru Shankaracharya
Appeared
about 2,500 years ago. He re-established the greatness of Vedic Sanatan
Dharm in India. His philosophy is known as advaitvad or non-dualism. He
esstablished four seats, called maths, for the propagation of Vedic
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Jagadguru Nimbarkacharya
Appeared shortly after Shree
Shankaracharya. He put forward the philosophy of dwaitadvaitvad or
dualistic non-dualism, which states that the soul and God have perfect
oneness and yet perfect duality. He emphasized devotion to Radha
Krishna.
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Jagadguru Ramanujacharya
Appeared on this earth planet
about 1,000 years ago. His philosophy is known as vishisht advaitvad, or
qualified non-dualism. He put great emphasis on surrender to God, and
established the proper system of worship in temples throughout India.
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4.
Jagadguru Madhavacharya
Who came about 700 years ago,
was the vigorous propagator of dvaitvad or the philosophy of dualism. He
stressed that the attainment of the personal form of God is the goal of
all the souls, and that God, maya and the soul are always separate
entities.
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5.
Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj - The Supreme Acharya of this Age
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historical event happened in the glorious puri of God Shiv, Kashi, in
January 1957 when Shree Kripalu ji Maharaj gave a profound series of
lectures at the invitation of the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, a body of 500
of the topmost Vedic scholars of India who collectively represent the
seat of spiritual learning.
Shree
Maharajji spoke for ten days revealing the secrets of the Hindu
scriptures. He reconciled the apparent contradictions between the
various Vedic scriptures, and the differences between the views of the
previous Jagadgurus, to reveal the true path to God-realization for the
welfare of all humankind.
With
profound admiration, the scholars accepted that his knowledge was deeper
than the combined knowledge of all 500 of them put together. They
unanimously acclaimed him as Jagadguru, the Spiritual Master of the
world. They further added that he was "Jagadguruttam," or Supreme
amongst all Jagadgurus. Among the various accolades that they showered
upon him was "Bhakti-Yog Rasavatar", or the personification of the Bliss
of devotion.
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