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Guru - Types of gurus | | Guru - Types of gurus: Encyclopedia II - Guru - Types of gurus | | According to the Deval Smriti there can be eleven kinds of gurus and according to Nama Chintamani there are ten types. According to his function gurus are categorized as
rishi
acharyam
upadhya
kulapati
mantravetta
Vaishnava traditions usually categorize gurus as:
vartma-pradarshaka guru (any person who first shows one the path)
shiksha guru
diksha guru
sannyasa guru (who initiates one into sannyasa order)
caittya guru ...
See also:Guru, Guru - Etymology, Guru - Guru in Hinduism, Guru - Guru in Buddhism, Guru - Guru in Sikhism, Guru - Types of gurus, Guru - Succession and lineage parampara, Guru - Guru in a Western culture context, Guru - Gurus in the West, Guru - Assessment and criticism, Guru - Notable scandals and controversies, Guru - Bibliography | | | Guru, Guru - Assessment and criticism, Guru - Bibliography, Guru - Etymology, Guru - Guru in Buddhism, Guru - Guru in Hinduism, Guru - Guru in Sikhism, Guru - Guru in a Western culture context, Guru - Gurus in the West, Guru - Notable scandals and controversies, Guru - Succession and lineage parampara, Guru - Types of gurus, Charismatic authority, Contemporary Hindu Movements, Eklavya, Gurbani, Guru-shishya tradition, Gurukul, List of people considered to be avatars, Satguru | | |
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Guru - Types of gurus
According to the Deval Smriti there can be eleven kinds of gurus and according to Nama Chintamani there are ten types. According to his function gurus are categorized as
- rishi
- acharyam
- upadhya
- kulapati
- mantravetta
Vaishnava traditions usually categorize gurus as:
- vartma-pradarshaka guru (any person who first shows one the path)
- shiksha guru
- diksha guru
- sannyasa guru (who initiates one into sannyasa order)
- caittya guru (God in the heart as Paramatman)
In his book about neo-Hindu movements in the Netherlands, Kranenborg distinguishes four types of gurus in India: [21]
- the spiritual advisor for higher caste Hindus who also performs traditional rituals and who is not connected to a temple (thus not a priest);
- the enlightened master who derives his authority from his experience, such as achieving enlightenment. This type appears in bhakti movements and in tantra and asks for unquestioning obedience , and can have Western followers. Westerners can even become one, as have , for example Andrew Cohen, and Isaac Shapiro.
- the avatar, a guru who considers himself to be an incarnation of God, God-like, or an instrument of God, or who is considered as such by others, for example Sathya Sai Baba and gurus from the Sant Mat lineage;
- A "guru" in the form of a book i.e. the Guru Granth Sahib in the Sikh religion.
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