* Sampradaya Bhajan

When Krishna is recognized to be Svayam Bhagavan, it can be understood that this is the belief of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, the Vallabha Sampradaya, and the Nimbarka Sampradaya, where Krishna is accepted to be the source of all other avatars, and the source of Vishnu himself.

Radha is also the principal object of worship in the Nimbarka Sampradaya, as Nimbarka, the founder of the tradition, declared that Radha and Krishna together constitute the absolute truth.

She is considered to be his original shakti, the supreme goddess in both the Nimbarka Sampradaya and following the advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.

In the Nath tradition, Dattatreya is recognized as an Avatar or incarnation of the Lord Shiva and as the Adi-Guru ( First Teacher ) of the Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas.

" Sampradaya " means a tradition which is handed down by one's ancestors.

Abhinaya Chakravathi Sri JS Eswara Prasad Rao of Hyderabad who is the disciple of AL Krishnamurthy Bhagavathar, Pudukkottai system, has produced performances based on Sampradaya bhajans under the title " Nitrya sankeerthnam ", he has performed abhinaya for all the bhajans irrespective of the languages.

Smartism ( or Smarta Sampradaya, Smarta Tradition, as it is termed in Sanskrit ) is a liberal or nonsectarian denomination of the Hindu religion.

One form of Vaishnavism is Madhwa ( Dwaita Sampradaya ), and the other is Sri Vaishnava ( Vishishtadvaita sampradaya ).

He talked about the ' direct way ' of knowing the Final Reality, in which one becomes aware of one's original nature through mental discrimination, a method which is common to the teachers of the Navnath Sampradaya.

Whenever siddha is mentioned the 84 siddhas and 9 nathas are remembered and it is this tradition of siddha which is known as the Siddha Sampradaya.

The Nath Sampradaya is a form of Avadhuta-pantha ( sect ).

According to the International Nath Order of the Nath Sampradaya, the Avadhuta Gita is a text of Advaita Vedanta sung by Dattatreya and recorded by his disciples Swami and Kartika.

In the Nath tradition, Dattatreya is recognized as an Avatar or incarnation of Shiva and as the Adi-Guru ( First Teacher ) of the Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas.

In the Datta Sampradaya the first avatar is Shripad Shri Vallabh and the second is Narasimha Saraswati.

He was also appointed as the spiritual head of the Inchegeri branch of Navnath Sampradaya, the ' Nine Masters ’ tradition, a place he retained through his life.

The Natha Sampradaya is an initiatory Guru-shishya tradition.

He is also the founder of the Dashanami Sampradaya of Hindu monasticism and Shanmata tradition of worship.

* Yugala Shataka by Swami Sri Sribhatta Devacarya ; known as the first ' Vani ' book in Vraja Bhasha composed in the 14th Century AD as a part of Nimbarka Sampradaya tradition of Radha Krishna worship.

As an archivist of Indian devotional music, Dr. Beck has recently compiled, edited, and recorded 108 temple songs of the Radhavallabha Sampradaya in the book and collection of 18 CD's entitled Vaishnava Temple Music in Vrindaban: The Radhavallabha Songbook ( Blazing Sapphire Press, 2011 ).

Meykandar's twelve-verse Śivajñānabodham and subsequent works by other writers, all supposedly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, laid the foundation of the Meykandar Sampradaya ( lineage ), which propounds a pluralistic realism wherein God, souls and world are coexistent and without beginning.

Most of the Daivajnya Brahmins now follow Vaishnav Sampradaya while performing Sandhyavandana and Shodasha Sanskara and apply the Gopichandana with great divine authority and also wear the Sankha, Chakra, Gadha, Padma and Narayana Mudras of Madhwa ’ s Dwaitha fold.

( see Nandinatha Sampradaya ) Siddhanta monastics used the influence of royal patrons to propagate the teachings in neighboring kingdoms, particularly in South India.

Kundalini yoga in the Natha Sampradaya and Vajrayana in Tibetan Buddhism both take their origin from the Mahasiddhas who were active in India from the 8th century to the 12th century.

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ( 1889 – 1950 ), born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family of Ghazipur of Uttar Pradesh state of India, was an ascetic ( Dandi Sanyasi ) of Dashnami Order ( Dasanami Sannyasi order ) of Adi Shankara Sampradaya ( a monastic post which only Brahmins can hold ) as well as a nationalist and peasant leader of India.

Traditions of Gaudiya Vaishnavas, the Nimbarka Sampradaya and followers of Swaminarayan and Vallabha consider Krishna to be the source of all avatars, and the source of Vishnu himself, or to be the same as Narayana.

Most famous among them are the chatur-amnaya mathas established by Adi Shankara which formed the nodal centres of under whose guidance the ancient Order of Vedantic monks were re-organised under ten names Dashanami Sampradaya, Ashta matha ( Eight monasteries ) of Udupi founded by Madhvacharya ( Madhwa acharya ) a dwaitha philosopher.

The Yugala Shataka of Shri Shribhatta in the Nimbarka Sampradaya, written in 1294 CE, contains lyrics of similar fashion.

Swami Haridas ( also in the Nimbarka Sampradaya ), the guru of Tansen, was a well known dhrupad singer.

Stories recounted in many holy books of the Bhagawata Sampradaya sect about Dnyaneshwar ’ s life are full of miracles, such as the baking of bread ( mānde, or roti in Hindi ) on his heated back, and his making a wall move. This was because he was yogi who followed the yogic methods of Nath Sampradaya.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj ( April 17, 1897 – September 8, 1981 ), born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli, was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher of Advaita ( Nondualism ), and a Guru, belonging to the Inchgiri branch of the Navnath Sampradaya.

In 1933, he was introduced to his guru, Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj, the head of the Inchegiri branch of the Navnath Sampradaya, by his friend Yashwantrao Baagkar.

The common teaching style of teaching of the Inchgiri Sampradaya masters ( beginning with Shri Bhauseheb Maharaj ) to Indian devotees was for the Master to select a passage from a traditional text on Advaita Vedanta, most commonly Dasbodh of Saint Shri Samarth Ramdas ( as well as the " Yoga Vasishtha ", " Saachara " of Shri Shankaracharya, and the " Ecknati Bhagwat " of Saint Ecknath ), and to expound upon the meaning and import of that selected passage.

As was said by Yogi Bhajan, the man who is credited with having brought Sikhism to the West:

As popularly taught in the under the system of Yogi Bhajan, the system is tailored as a comprehensive spiritual system for personal growth using kriya exercises, pranayama, and meditations along with mantras and dharmic teachings relating to Sikhism.

A Bhajan is any type of Indian devotional song.

Mallika Sarabhai, one of the nation ’ s most intelligent dance professionals, was successful in producing this piece that is innovative, yet flows into the inherent poetic structures of Bhajan with ease.

" Bhajan, or devotional singing to God, is also derived from the same root.

His niece, Medha, is married to Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota.

; Bhajan: It is any type of Indian devotional song.

Odissi music is sung through Raganga, Bhabanga and Natyanga Dhrubapadanga followed by Champu, Chhanda, Chautisa, Pallabi, Bhajan, Janana, and Gita Govinda, which are considered to be a part of the repertoire of Odissi or an allied act form of Odissi.

Every tenth bhajan broadcast in the Bhajan Stream is in the voice of Sai Baba.

Pandit Jasraj has a famous Bhajan by the name of ' Om Namoh Bhagwate Vasudevaya ' which is this poem.

1969 ) is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the teachings of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, founder of the group.

It is called the Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway.

In this temple trikal pooja is performed followed by Bhajan keerthans daily during night by the devotees.