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	'''Ramanand ~~Swami~~''' (born ''Rama Sharma'') to a [[Brahmin]] family in [[Ayodhya]] in Vikram Samvat 1795 (1738 AD). His parents were Ajay Sharma (father) and Sumati (mother). He was considered to be the incarnation of [[Uddhava]], a close friend of [[Krishna]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}} Ramanand was the founder and head of the [[Uddhav Sampraday]].<ref name="isbn8183240526">{{cite book \| author=J. J. Roy Burman \| title=Gujarat Unknown \| publisher=Mittal Publications \| year=2005 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC \| isbn=9788183240529 \|access-date=June 13, 2009}} Page 17</ref> Ramanand Swami adopted the [[Vishishtadvaita]] doctrine of the [[Vaishnava]] which was first propounded by [[Ramanuja]] several centuries earlier. In his travels to [[Srirangam]] in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him [[diksha]] (initiation) in a dream and appointed him in his line as an [[acharya]].~~<ref>~~{{~~cite book~~\|~~last=~~Williams\|~~first=Raymond\|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism\|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will\|url-access=registration\|year=~~2001\|~~publisher=Cambridge University Press\|location=New York\|isbn~~=~~0-521-65279-0\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/~~16 ~~16]~~}}~~</ref>~~ Ramanand Swami then ~~travelled West~~ to [[Saurashtra (region)\|Saurastra]] to spread the philosophy of Ramanuja. Before dying in 1858, Ramanand Swami passed the reins of the ~~Uddhav Sampraday~~ to [[Swaminarayan]].		'''Swami Ramanand''' (born ''Rama Sharma'') was born into a [[Brahmin]] family in [[Ayodhya]] in Vikram Samvat 1795 (1738 AD). His parents were Ajay Sharma (father) and Sumati (mother). He was considered to be the incarnation of [[Uddhava]], a close friend of [[Krishna]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}} Ramanand Swami was the founder and head of the [[Uddhav Sampraday\|Uddhava Sampradaya]].<ref name="isbn8183240526">{{cite book \| author=J. J. Roy Burman \| title=Gujarat Unknown \| publisher=Mittal Publications \| year=2005 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC \| isbn=9788183240529 \|access-date=June 13, 2009}} Page 17</ref> Ramanand Swami adopted the [[Vishishtadvaita]] doctrine of the [[Vaishnava]] which was first propounded by [[Ramanuja]] several centuries earlier. In his travels to [[Srirangam]] in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him [[diksha]] (initiation) in a dream and appointed him in his line as an [[acharya]].{{Sfn\|Williams\|2001\|p=16}} Ramanand Swami then traveled west to [[Saurashtra (region)\|Saurastra]] to spread the philosophy of Ramanuja. Before dying in 1858, Ramanand Swami passed the reins of the Uddhava Sampradaya to [[Swaminarayan]].<ref>{{Harvnb\|Williams\|2001\|pp=17}}</ref>
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	==Swaminarayan and initiation==		==Swaminarayan and initiation==
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	Ramanand Swami was the guru of [[Swaminarayan]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}}		Ramanand Swami was the guru of [[Swaminarayan]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}}

	Swaminarayan ~~(then Ghanshyam Pande)~~ left his home at age 11 on 28 June 1792 after the death of both his parents. He began a journey across [[Indian subcontinent\|India]] that took 7 years 1 month and 11 days.~~<ref>~~{{~~cite web~~ \| ~~url=http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp \| title=Nilkanth Varni \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630090513/http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp \| archive-~~date=~~30 June 2009 \| df=dmy-all~~ }}~~</ref>~~ He took the name [[Nilkanth Varni]] while on his journey. Nilkanth Varni traveled across India and parts of [[Nepal]] in search of an [[ashram]] or [[sampradaya]] that ~~practiced~~ what he considered a correct understanding of [[Vedanta]], [[Samkhya]], [[Yoga]], and [[Pancaratra]] (the four primary schools of Hinduism).<ref>{{Harvnb\|Williams\|2001\|pp=15}}</ref>		Swaminarayan left his home at age 11 on 28 June 1792 after the death of both his parents. He began a journey across [[Indian subcontinent\|India]] that took 7 years 1 month and 11 days.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2024}} He took the name [[Nilkanth Varni]] while on his journey. Nilkanth Varni traveled across India and parts of [[Nepal]] in search of an [[ashram]] or [[sampradaya]] that practised what he considered a correct understanding of [[Vedanta]], [[Samkhya]], [[Yoga]], and [[Pancaratra]] (the four primary schools of Hinduism).<ref>{{Harvnb\|Williams\|2001\|pp=15}}</ref>

	To find an ashram that correctly ~~practiced~~ the meaning of these four primary schools of Hinduism, he asked the following five questions on the basic [[Vaishnava]] [[Vedanta]] categories:		To find an ashram that correctly practised the meaning of these four primary schools of Hinduism, he asked the following five questions on the basic [[Vaishnava]] [[Vedanta]] categories:{{Citation needed\|date=April 2024}}

	* What is ''{{IAST\|[[Jiva\|jīva]]}}''?		* What is ''{{IAST\|[[Jiva\|jīva]]}}''?
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	;Bibliography		;Bibliography
	{{cite book \| author=Raymond Brady ~~Williams~~ \| title=An introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism \| publisher=Cambridge University Press \| year=2001 \| url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will \| url-access=registration \| quote=Swaminarayan temple Cardiff. \|access-date=April 19, 2009}}		{{cite book \|author=Williams \|first=Raymond Brady \|title=An introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|year=2001 \|isbn=0-521-65279-0 \|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will \|url-access=registration \|quote=Swaminarayan temple Cardiff \|access-date=April 19, 2009}}

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	'''Ramanand Swami''' (born ''Rama Sharma'') to a [[Brahmin]] family in [[Ayodhya]] in Vikram Samvat 1795 (1738 AD). His parents were Ajay Sharma (father) and Sumati (mother). He was considered to be the incarnation of [[Uddhava]], a close friend of [[Krishna]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}} Ramanand was the founder and head of the [[Uddhav Sampraday]].<ref name="isbn8183240526">{{cite book \| author=J. J. Roy Burman \| title=Gujarat Unknown \| publisher=Mittal Publications \| year=2005 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC \| isbn=9788183240529 \|access-date=June 13, 2009}} Page 17</ref> Ramanand Swami adopted the [[Vishishtadvaita]] doctrine of the [[Vaishnava]] which was first propounded by [[Ramanuja]] several centuries earlier. In his travels to [[Srirangam]] in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him [[diksha]] (initiation) in a dream and appointed him in his line as an [[acharya]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Williams\|first=Raymond\|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism\|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will\|url-access=registration\|year=2001\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|location=New York\|isbn=0-521-65279-0\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/16 16]}}</ref> Ramanand Swami then travelled ~~north~~ to [[Saurashtra (region)\|Saurastra]] to spread the philosophy of Ramanuja. Before dying in 1858, Ramanand Swami passed the reins of the Uddhav Sampraday to [[Swaminarayan]].		'''Ramanand Swami''' (born ''Rama Sharma'') to a [[Brahmin]] family in [[Ayodhya]] in Vikram Samvat 1795 (1738 AD). His parents were Ajay Sharma (father) and Sumati (mother). He was considered to be the incarnation of [[Uddhava]], a close friend of [[Krishna]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}} Ramanand was the founder and head of the [[Uddhav Sampraday]].<ref name="isbn8183240526">{{cite book \| author=J. J. Roy Burman \| title=Gujarat Unknown \| publisher=Mittal Publications \| year=2005 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC \| isbn=9788183240529 \|access-date=June 13, 2009}} Page 17</ref> Ramanand Swami adopted the [[Vishishtadvaita]] doctrine of the [[Vaishnava]] which was first propounded by [[Ramanuja]] several centuries earlier. In his travels to [[Srirangam]] in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him [[diksha]] (initiation) in a dream and appointed him in his line as an [[acharya]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Williams\|first=Raymond\|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism\|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will\|url-access=registration\|year=2001\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|location=New York\|isbn=0-521-65279-0\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/16 16]}}</ref> Ramanand Swami then travelled West to [[Saurashtra (region)\|Saurastra]] to spread the philosophy of Ramanuja. Before dying in 1858, Ramanand Swami passed the reins of the Uddhav Sampraday to [[Swaminarayan]].
	<ref>{{Harvnb\|Williams\|2001\|pp=17}}</ref>		<ref>{{Harvnb\|Williams\|2001\|pp=17}}</ref>

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	Ramanand Swami was the guru of [[Swaminarayan]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}}		Ramanand Swami was the guru of [[Swaminarayan]].{{citation needed\|date=August 2015}}

	Swaminarayan (then Ghanshyam Pande) left his home at age 11 on 28 June 1792 after the death of both his parents. He began a journey across [[India]] that took 7 years 1 month and 11 days.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp \| title=Nilkanth Varni \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630090513/http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp \| archive-date=30 June 2009 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> He took the name [[Nilkanth Varni]] while on his journey. Nilkanth Varni traveled across India and parts of [[Nepal]] in search of an [[ashram]] or [[sampradaya]] that practiced what he considered a correct understanding of [[Vedanta]], [[Samkhya]], [[Yoga]], and [[Pancaratra]] (the four primary schools of Hinduism).<ref>{{Harvnb\|Williams\|2001\|pp=15}}</ref>		Swaminarayan (then Ghanshyam Pande) left his home at age 11 on 28 June 1792 after the death of both his parents. He began a journey across [[Indian subcontinent\|India]] that took 7 years 1 month and 11 days.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp \| title=Nilkanth Varni \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630090513/http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp \| archive-date=30 June 2009 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> He took the name [[Nilkanth Varni]] while on his journey. Nilkanth Varni traveled across India and parts of [[Nepal]] in search of an [[ashram]] or [[sampradaya]] that practiced what he considered a correct understanding of [[Vedanta]], [[Samkhya]], [[Yoga]], and [[Pancaratra]] (the four primary schools of Hinduism).<ref>{{Harvnb\|Williams\|2001\|pp=15}}</ref>

	To find an ashram that correctly practiced the meaning of these four primary schools of Hinduism, he asked the following five questions on the basic [[Vaishnava]] [[Vedanta]] categories:		To find an ashram that correctly practiced the meaning of these four primary schools of Hinduism, he asked the following five questions on the basic [[Vaishnava]] [[Vedanta]] categories:

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'''Ramanand Swami''' (born ''Rama Sharma'') to a [[Brahmin]] family in [[Ayodhya]] in Vikram Samvat 1795 (1738 AD). His parents were Ajay Sharma (father) and Sumati (mother). He was considered to be the incarnation of [[Uddhava]], a close friend of [[Krishna]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} Ramanand was the founder and head of the [[Uddhav Sampraday]].<ref name="isbn8183240526">{{cite book | author=J. J. Roy Burman | title=Gujarat Unknown | publisher=Mittal Publications | year=2005 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC | isbn=9788183240529 |access-date=June 13, 2009}} Page 17</ref> Ramanand Swami adopted the [[Vishishtadvaita]] doctrine of the [[Vaishnava]] which was first propounded by [[Ramanuja]] several centuries earlier. In his travels to [[Srirangam]] in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him [[diksha]] (initiation) in a dream and appointed him in his line as an [[acharya]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Raymond|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|isbn=0-521-65279-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/16 16]}}</ref> Ramanand Swami then travelled north to [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurastra]] to spread the philosophy of Ramanuja. Before dying in 1858, Ramanand Swami passed the reins of the Uddhav Sampraday to [[Swaminarayan]].
<ref>{{Harvnb|Williams|2001|pp=17}}</ref>

==Swaminarayan and initiation==

Ramanand Swami was the guru of [[Swaminarayan]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Swaminarayan (then Ghanshyam Pande) left his home at age 11 on 28 June 1792 after the death of both his parents. He began a journey across [[India]] that took 7 years 1 month and 11 days.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp | title=Nilkanth Varni | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630090513/http://www.sksst.org/sampraday/index.asp | archive-date=30 June 2009 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He took the name [[Nilkanth Varni]] while on his journey. Nilkanth Varni traveled across India and parts of [[Nepal]] in search of an [[ashram]] or [[sampradaya]] that practiced what he considered a correct understanding of [[Vedanta]], [[Samkhya]], [[Yoga]], and [[Pancaratra]] (the four primary schools of Hinduism).<ref>{{Harvnb|Williams|2001|pp=15}}</ref>

To find an ashram that correctly practiced the meaning of these four primary schools of Hinduism, he asked the following five questions on the basic [[Vaishnava]] [[Vedanta]] categories:

* What is ''{{IAST|[[Jiva|jīva]]}}''?
* What is ''{{IAST|[[Ishvara|Īśvara]]}}''?
* What is ''{{IAST|[[Maya (illusion)|Maya]]}}''?
* What is ''{{IAST|[[Brahman]]}}''?
* What is ''{{IAST|[[Para Brahman|Parā brahman]]}}''?

While on his journey, Nilkanth Varni mastered [[yoga|ashtanga yoga]] or eightfold yoga. In the year 1799, Nilkanth Varni's journey as a [[yogi]] eventually concluded in Loj, a village in the [[Junagadh district]] of Gujarat. In Loj, Nilkanth Varni was introduced to [[Muktanand Swami]], a senior disciple of [[Ramanand Swami]] who answered the five questions satisfactorily. He then persuaded Nilkanth Varni to stay to get an opportunity to meet Ramanand Swami, whose disciple Nilkanth Varni later became.<ref>{{Harvnb|Williams|2001|pp=75}}</ref>

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{{cite book | author=Raymond Brady Williams | title=An introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2001 | url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will | url-access=registration | quote=Swaminarayan temple Cardiff. |access-date=April 19, 2009}}

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