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An ISKCON guru is a person who is permitted to initiate disciples into the International Society for Krishna Consciousness system.^[1]

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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Achamana

Āchamanam (Sanskrit: आचमनम्) is a purification ritual performed at the beginning of more complex religious ceremonies in the Hinduism, which is believed to cure all physical and mental impurities.

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Acharya

In Indian religions and society, an acharya (Sanskrit: आचार्य, IAST:; Pali: ācariya) is a religious teacher in Hinduism and Buddhism and a spiritual guide to Hindus and Buddhists.

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The Amarakosha (Devanagari: अमरकोशः, IAST: Amarakośaḥ, ISO: Amarakōśaḥ) is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam (Devanagari: नामलिङ्गानुशासनम्, IAST: Nāmaliṅgānuśāsanam, ISO: Nāmaliṅgānuśāsanam, which means "instruction concerning nouns and gender") a thesaurus in Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha.

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Asana

An āsana (Sanskrit: आसन) is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose,Verse 46, chapter II, "Patanjali Yoga sutras" by Swami Prabhavananda, published by the Sri Ramakrishna Math p. 111 and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses.

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Baladeva Vidyabhushana

Baladeva Vidyabhushana (Sanskrit: श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण) also known as Śrī Gauḍīya Vedānta-ācārya Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Prabhupāda (1700 – 1793 AD) was an Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava-Acharya (religious teacher).

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Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar

Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar (10 October 1895 – 12 August 1988) was an Indian guru, writer, sannyasi and spiritual leader in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder-president-acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

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Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী;; 6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937), born Bimala Prasad Datt, was an Indian Gaudīya Vaisnava Hindu guru (spiritual master), ācārya (philosophy instructor), and revivalist in early twentieth-century India.

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Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (9 December 1937 – 2 October 2006), also known as Dr.

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Bhaktivedanta Manor

Bhaktivedanta Manor is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu temple set in the Hertfordshire countryside of England, in the village of Letchmore Heath near Watford.

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Brahma Sutras

The Brahma Sūtras (ब्रह्मसूत्राणि), also known as the Vedanta Sūtra (Sanskrit: वेदान्त सूत्र), Shariraka Sūtra, and Bhikshu-sūtra, are a Sanskrit text which synthesizes and harmonizes Upanishadic ideas and practices.

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Brahmin

Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.

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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (মহাপ্রভু শ্রীচৈতন্য দেব, श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु), born Vishvambhara Mishra, (1486–1533 CE) was an Indian Hindu saint from Bengal who was the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, which considers him to be Krishna (God) incarnate, "in the mood and complexion" of his chief consort, Radha".

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Diksha

Diksha (Sanskrit: दीक्षा) also spelled diksa, deeksha or deeksa in common usage, translated as a "preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony", is giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru (in Guru–shishya tradition) of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

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Gaudiya Math

The Gaudiya Math is a Gaudiya Vaishnava matha (monastic organisation) formed on 6 September 1920,Devamayī dāsi, "A Divine Life: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda" in Prabhupada Saraswati Thakur: The Life & Precepts of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī, Mandala Publishing, Eugene, Oregon: 1997, pp.

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Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Gaudiya Vaishnavism, also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnava Hindu religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) in India.

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Gaura Purnima

Gaura Purnima is a Vaishnava festival that celebrates the birth of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534), who founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

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Gayatri

Gayatri (Sanskrit: गायत्री, IAST: Gāyatrī) is the personified form of the Gayatri Mantra, a popular hymn from Vedic texts. She is also known as Savitri, and holds the title of Vedamata ('mother of the Vedas'). Gayatri is the manifestation of Saraswati and is often associated with Savitṛ, a solar deity in the Vedas, and her consort in the Puranas is the creator god Brahma.

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Gayatri Mantra

The Gāyatrī Mantra, also known as the Sāvitrī Mantra, is a sacred mantra from the Ṛig Veda (Mandala 3.62.10), dedicated to the Vedic deity Gayatri.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Govardhan Hill

Govardhana Hill (गोवर्धन), also called Mount Govardhana and Giriraj, is a sacred Hindu site in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India on an 8 km long hill located in the area of Govardhan and Radha Kund, which is about from Vrindavan.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.

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Guru

Guru (गुरु; IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.

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Guru–shishya tradition

The guru–shishya tradition, or parampara ("lineage"), denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism (including Tibetan and Zen traditions).

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Hare Krishna (mantra)

The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the ("Great Mantra"), is a 16-word Vaishnava mantra mentioned in the Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.

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ISKCON Communications Journal

The ISKCON Communications Journal (ICJ) was a biannual magazine of dialogue, focussing on issues related to missionary development in ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) and with issues of communication, administration, social development and education which affected mission in ISKCON. ISKCON guru system and ISKCON Communications Journal are International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

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ISKCON Revival Movement

The ISKCON Revival Movement (IRM) was formed as a pressure group in 2000 to revive and reform ISKCON on the basis of the directives for succession given by Srila Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON. ISKCON guru system and ISKCON Revival Movement are International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

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J. Gordon Melton

John Gordon Melton (born September 19, 1942) is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently the Distinguished Professor of American Religious History with the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he resides.

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Japa

Japa (जप) is the meditative repetition of a mantra or a divine name.

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Jayatirtha Dasa

Jayatirtha Das, formerly Jayatirtha Goswami (November 13, 1948, in Saipan – November 13, 1987, in London), was one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a guru within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON).

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Journal of Vaishnava Studies

The Journal of Vaishnava Studies is a biannual academic journal that was established in 1992 by Steven J. Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa), and is currently published by the Institute for Vaishnava Studies.

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Kirtanananda Swami

Kirtanananda Swami (September 6, 1937 – October 24, 2011), also known as Bhaktipada, was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and the co-founder of New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia, where he served as spiritual leader from 1968 until 1994.

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Krishna Janmashtami

Krishna Janmashtami, also known simply as Krishnashtami, Janmashtami, or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu.

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List of Hindu gurus and sants

This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and spiritual masters.

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List of International Society for Krishna Consciousness gurus

The following is a list of current notable Gurus in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). ISKCON guru system and list of International Society for Krishna Consciousness gurus are International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

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List of International Society for Krishna Consciousness members and patrons

The following is a list of members or people closely associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. ISKCON guru system and list of International Society for Krishna Consciousness members and patrons are International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

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Mantra

A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indic language like Sanskrit) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.

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Names of God

There are various names of God, many of which enumerate the various qualities of a Supreme Being.

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Nāma

Nāma is Sanskrit for name.

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New Vrindaban

New Vrindaban is an unincorporated area and an ISKCON (Hare Krishna) intentional community located in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, near Moundsville.

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Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, founded in 1997 and based in Oxford, England, is a research academy focused on the study and teaching of Hindu cultures of India and Nepal.

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Pancharatra

Pancharatra (IAST: Pāñcarātra) was a religious movement in Hinduism that originated in late 3rd-century BCE around the ideas of Narayana and the various avatars of Vishnu as their central deities.

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Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Ravindra Svarupa Dasa (born William H. Deadwyler, III) is a religious studies scholar and a Hare Krishna religious leader.

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Rishikesh

Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city near Dehradun in the Indian state Uttarakhand.

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Sampradaya

Sampradaya (सम्प्रदाय), in Indian origin religions, namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, can be translated as 'tradition', 'spiritual lineage', 'sect', or 'religious system'.

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Samskara (rite of passage)

Samskara (IAST:, sometimes spelled samskara) are sacraments in Hinduism and other Indian religions, described in ancient Sanskrit texts, as well as a concept in the karma theory of Indian philosophies.

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Sanatana Goswami

Sanatana Goswami (सनातन गोस्वामी,; সনাতন গোস্বামী; 1488–1558) was a principal follower of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

Satsvarupa das Goswami (Sanskrit:, Devanagari: सत्स्वरूप दास गोस्वामी) (born Stephen Guarino on December 6, 1939) is a senior disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better known in the West as the Hare Krishna movement.

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Shastra

Shastra is a Sanskrit word that means "precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise" in a general sense.

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Shiksha

Shiksha (शिक्षा) is a Sanskrit word, which means "instruction, lesson, learning, study of skill".

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Tamal Krishna Goswami

Tamal Krishna Goswami (1946–2002), born Thomas G. Herzig in New York City, New York, United States, served on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness's Governing Body Commission from its inception in 1970. He completed a bachelor's degree in religious studies at Southern Methodist University.

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Thesaurus

A thesaurus (thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

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Ujjain

Ujjain (Hindustani pronunciation: ʊd͡ːʒɛːn, old name Avantika) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Upanayana

Upanayana (lit) is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor, such as a guru or acharya, and an individual's initiation into a school in Hinduism.

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Vaishnava Sahajiya

Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā was a form of Hindu tantric Vaishnavism focused on Radha Krishna worship that developed in Eastern India (Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Assam).

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Visnujana Swami

Vishnujana Swami (June 2, 1948 - March 16, 1976), born Mark Stephen D'Atillo, was a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and a sannyasi within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the 'Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON) who disappeared in 1976.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISKCON_guru_system

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