Brahma Sampradaya


In Hinduism, the Brahma Sampradaya is the disciplic succession of gurus starting with Brahma. The term is most often used to refer to the beliefs and teachings of Madhvacharya and his Dvaita philosophy.
The longer term Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya, or simply Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya, is used to refer to the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and his Gaudiya Vaishnava theology.

Sampradaya

Followers of this tradition believe that Vedic knowledge descends from Brahma. In the Vedic conception, these sampradayas began at the creation of the universe and endure to the present moment due to the consistency of the transmission of knowledge, all the previous gurus are present in the teachings of the present spiritual master. The Vedic process assures that the transmission remains pure by assuring the qualifications of the transmitter.
List of the Sampradaya acharyas, beginning with Krishna Himself:
  1. Krishna
  2. Brahma
  3. Narada Muni
  4. Vyasadeva
  5. Madhvacarya
  6. Padmanabha Tirtha
  7. Narahari Tirtha
  8. Madhava Tirtha
  9. Akshobhya Tirtha
  10. Jaya Tirtha
  11. Jnanasindhu
  12. Dayanidhi
  13. Vidyanidhi
  14. Rajendra
  15. Jayadharma
  16. Purusottama
  17. Brahmanya Tirtha
  18. Vyasa Tirtha
  19. Lakshmipati Tirtha
  20. Madhavendra Puri
  21. a) Isvara Puri, b) Nityananda Prabhu, c) Advaita Acharya
  22. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
  23. a) Rupa Goswami, b) Svarupa Damodara Goswami, c) Sanatana Goswami
  24. a) Raghunatha dasa Goswami, b) Jiva Goswami
  25. Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
  26. Narottama dasa Thakura
  27. Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
  28. a) Baladeva Vidyabhusana, b) Jagannatha dasa Babaji
  29. Bhaktivinoda Thakura
  30. Gaurakisora dasa Babaji
  31. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
  32. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada