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Acharyas, saints, Sikh Gurus and Sufi orders — one sentence each

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How to read
  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Acharyas and Philosophies

Which acharya founded which school of Vedanta, and Shankaracharya’s four mathas.

Pairs

Acharya — philosophy

6 sentences

The shankh sounds a single note.

Shankaracharya=Advaita — Brahman alone is real · four mathas · born at Kaladi (Kerala) · “Prachchhanna Buddha”

Ramu won a special prize.

Ramanujacharya=Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) · Sri Vaishnavism · Sri Bhashya on the Brahmasutras

Madhu has two sons.

Madhvacharya=Dvaita (dualism) — Svatantra (God) and Asvatantra (souls, matter) · Brahma sampradaya

A nimbu cut in two is still the same nimbu.

Nimbarka=Dvaitadvaita — the soul both different from and one with God · Sanaka sampradaya

Valley water is pure and nourishing.

Vallabhacharya=Shuddhadvaita (pure non-dualism) · Pushti Marg (path of grace)

Chai time means no worries.

Chaitanya=Achintya Bhedabheda · Gaudiya (Bengal) Vaishnavism

Underlined word = the philosophy: single = Advaita · special = Vishishtadvaita · two = Dvaita · two yet the same = Dvaitadvaita · pure and nourishing = Shuddhadvaita and Pushti Marg · no worries = Achintya.

Trick 1

Shankaracharya’s four mathas

➜ north → east → south → west

Babu puts sweets near the door.

  1. 1Badrinathnorth
  2. 2Purieast
  3. 3Sringerisouth
  4. 4Dwarkawest

Kanchi is not one of the four. In the south bhakti was spread by the Alvars (devotees of Vishnu) and the Nayanars (devotees of Shiva).

2

Ramananda and the Nirguna Saints

Ramananda’s best-known disciples, and what Ramananda, Kabir and Dadu are known for.

3

Saguna and Regional Saints

The works of the devotees of Rama and Krishna, the Varkari saints of Maharashtra, and saint-poets of the east and south.

4

The Ten Sikh Gurus

From Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh, in order.

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Sufi Orders and Chishti Saints

Who started each silsila and where, and the great saints of the Chishti order.

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