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	'''Vaishnavism''' ({{lang-sa\|वैष्णव धर्म}}) is a religious denomination of [[Hinduism]]. Its followers worship [[Vishnu]] or its [[avatar]]s, mainly [[Rama]] and [[Krishna]] as the highest, or original [[God]].<ref name=Goswami1965>{{cite book		'''Vaishnavism''' ({{lang-sa\|वैष्णव धर्म}}) is a religious denomination of [[Hinduism]]. Its followers worship [[Vishnu]] or its [[avatar]]s, mainly [[Rama]] and [[Krishna]] as the highest, or original [[God]].<ref name=Goswami1965>{{cite book
	\| author = Goswami, B.K.		\| author = Goswami, B.K.
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	}}</ref> of the tradition has significantly increased the awareness of Vaishnavism internationally, since the mid-1900s, largely through the activities and geographical expansion of the [[Hare Krishna]] movement, primarily through [[ISKCON]] and more recently, through several other Vaishnava organizations conducting preaching activities in the West.<ref name = "KnottICJ">[http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/knott.html Contemporary Theological Trends in the Hare Krishna Movement] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511142303/http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/knott.html \|date=2008-05-11 }} "Until the last fifteen years or so, there had been a lack of scholarship in the West on Vaishnavism, and this was seen by Hare Krishna devotees as a situation which must be changed."</ref>		}}</ref> of the tradition has significantly increased the awareness of Vaishnavism internationally, since the mid-1900s, largely through the activities and geographical expansion of the [[Hare Krishna]] movement, primarily through [[ISKCON]] and more recently, through several other Vaishnava organizations conducting preaching activities in the West.<ref name = "KnottICJ">[http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/knott.html Contemporary Theological Trends in the Hare Krishna Movement] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511142303/http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/knott.html \|date=2008-05-11 }} "Until the last fifteen years or so, there had been a lack of scholarship in the West on Vaishnavism, and this was seen by Hare Krishna devotees as a situation which must be changed."</ref>

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'''Vaishnavism''' ({{lang-sa|वैष्णव धर्म}}) is a religious denomination of [[Hinduism]]. Its followers worship [[Vishnu]] or its [[avatar]]s, mainly [[Rama]] and [[Krishna]] as the highest, or original [[God]].<ref name=Goswami1965>{{cite book
| author = Goswami, B.K.
| year = 1965
| title = The Bhakti Cult in Ancient India
| publisher = Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office
| isbn =
}}</ref> This worship in different perspectives or historical traditions addresses God under the names of [[Narayana]], [[Krishna]], [[Vāsudeva]] or more often "Vishnu", and their associated avatars.<ref name = Krishna4>
{{cite book
|author=Matchett, Freda
|title=Krsna, Lord or Avatara? the relationship between Krsna and Visnu: in the context of the Avatara myth as presented by the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana and the Bhagavatapurana
|publisher=Routledge
|location=Surrey
|year=2000
|isbn=0-7007-1281-X
|oclc=
|doi=
|accessdate=
|page=254
}}
p. 4</ref><ref>[http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Ramanuja/Ramanuja&vaishna.html Page 1–Ramanuja and Sri Vaisnavism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225015818/http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Ramanuja/Ramanuja%26vaishna.html |date=2008-02-25 }} "In general, the Vaisnava Agamas describe Vishnu is the Supreme Being and the foundation of all existence."</ref> Its beliefs and practices, especially the concepts of [[Bhakti]] and [[Bhakti Yoga]], are based largely on the [[Upanishad]]s, and associated with the [[Vedas]] and [[Puranic]] texts such as the [[Bhagavad Gita]], and the [[Padma Purana|Padma]], [[Vishnu Purana|Vishnu]] and [[Bhagavata Purana|Bhagavata]] Puranas.<ref name = "Mahony87">{{cite journal
| author = Mahony, W.K.
| year = 1987
| title = Perspectives on Krsna's Various Personalities
| journal = History of Religions
| volume = 26
| issue = 3
| pages = 333–335
| url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2710(198702)26%3A3%3C333%3APOKVP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0
| accessdate = 2008-04-12
}}</ref><ref name = "Elkman1986">{{cite book
| author = Elkman, S.M.
| author2 = Gosvami, J.
| year = 1986
| title = Jiva Gosvamin's Tattvasandarbha: A Study on the Philosophical and Sectarian Development of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Movement
| publisher = Motilal Banarsidass Pub
| isbn =
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hinduism.iskcon.com/tradition/1201.htm |title=Heart of Hinduism - Vaishnavism |access-date=2010-01-23 |archive-date=2006-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029151913/http://hinduism.iskcon.com/tradition/1201.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.hinduism.co.za/vedas-.htm Explanation of different scriptural texts within Hinduism]</ref>

The followers of Vaishnavism are referred to as ''Vaishnava(s)'' or ''Vaishnavites''. A large percentage of [[Hindu]]s are Vaishnavas,<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/adh_branches.html#Hinduism Major Branches - Hinduism] from adherents.com</ref> with the vast majority living in [[India]]. Awareness, recognition, and growth of the belief has significantly increased outside of India in recent years. The [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] branch<ref name=Dimock1963>{{cite journal
| author = Dimock Jr, E.C.
| year = 1963
| title = Doctrine and Practice among the Vaisnavas of Bengal
| journal = History of Religions
| volume = 3
| issue = 1
| pages = 106–127
| url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2710(196322)3%3A1%3C106%3ADAPATV%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
| accessdate = 2008-04-12
| doi = 10.1086/462474
}}</ref> of the tradition has significantly increased the awareness of Vaishnavism internationally, since the mid-1900s, largely through the activities and geographical expansion of the [[Hare Krishna]] movement, primarily through [[ISKCON]] and more recently, through several other Vaishnava organizations conducting preaching activities in the West.<ref name = "KnottICJ">[http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/knott.html Contemporary Theological Trends in the Hare Krishna Movement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511142303/http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/knott.html |date=2008-05-11 }} "Until the last fifteen years or so, there had been a lack of scholarship in the West on Vaishnavism, and this was seen by Hare Krishna devotees as a situation which must be changed."</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Hinduism]]
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