This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including
gurus,
sants,
monks,
yogis and spiritual masters.
A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, [or] godman,"[1] by author David Smith. To obtain the title of guru, one must go through a standard initiation process referred to as diksha, in which they receive a
mantra, or sacred
Sanskrit phrase.[2]
^Sherbow, P.H. (2004). "Ac Bhaktivedanta Swam Is Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism". The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant.
^Khurana, G.R. (1990). The theology of Nimbārka : a translation of Nimbārka's Daśaślokī with Giridhara Prapanna's Laghumañjūsā. Vantage.
ISBN978-0-533-08705-1.
^Maharaj, N.; Powell, R. (1987). The Nectar of the Lord's Feet: Final Teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Discourses January–November 1980.
Element Books.
^Yogananda, P. (2005). Autobiography of a Yogi. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including
gurus,
sants,
monks,
yogis and spiritual masters.
A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, [or] godman,"[1] by author David Smith. To obtain the title of guru, one must go through a standard initiation process referred to as diksha, in which they receive a
mantra, or sacred
Sanskrit phrase.[2]
^Sherbow, P.H. (2004). "Ac Bhaktivedanta Swam Is Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism". The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant.
^Khurana, G.R. (1990). The theology of Nimbārka : a translation of Nimbārka's Daśaślokī with Giridhara Prapanna's Laghumañjūsā. Vantage.
ISBN978-0-533-08705-1.
^Maharaj, N.; Powell, R. (1987). The Nectar of the Lord's Feet: Final Teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Discourses January–November 1980.
Element Books.
^Yogananda, P. (2005). Autobiography of a Yogi. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.