Kripa (philosophy)

Kripa (philosophy)

Kripa (कृपा) is the concept of divine grace in Hinduism. It is the central tenet of Bhakti Yoga and Bhakti movements, which are seen as reform movements in Hinduism as compared to the Hinduism which finds its origins in the Vedas; though variously it can mean "grace", "mercy", or "blessing", depending upon the context.

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Samkhya

  • Kapila

Yoga

  • Patañjali

Nyaya

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  • Raghunatha Siromani

Vaiseshika

  • Kanada

Mimamsa

  • Jaimini
  • Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
  • Prabhakara
  • Maharshi Dayananda

Advaita Vedanta

  • Gaudapada
  • Adi Shankara
  • Vachaspati Mishra
  • Vidyaranya
  • Sadananda
  • Madhusudana
  • Vivekananda
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  • Swami Dayananda
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Vishishta-Advaita

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  • Alvars
  • Yamunacharya
  • Ramanuja
  • Pillai Lokacharya
  • Vedanta Desika
  • Manavala Mamunigal

Dvaita

  • Madhvacharya
  • Jayatirtha
  • Vyasathirtha
  • Sripadaraja
  • Vadirajatirtha
  • Raghavendra Swami

Dvaita-Advaita

  • Nimbarka

Shuddha-Advaita

  • Vallabha

Achintya-Bhedabheda

  • Chaitanya
  • Prabhupada

Tantra / Shakta

  • Abhinavagupta
  • Nigamananda
  • Ramprasad Sen
  • Kamalakanta Bhattacharya
  • Bamakhepa
  • Anandamayi Ma

Poet-Saints

  • Purandara Dasa
  • Kanakadasa
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  • Gopala_Dasa
  • Basava
  • Dnyaneshwar
  • Srimanta Sankardeva
  • Jayadeva
  • Namdev
  • Ramananda
  • Kabir
  • Tulsidas
  • Guru Ravidas
  • Mira Bai
  • Narsinh Mehta
  • Surdas
  • Samarth Ramdas
  • Tukaram
  • Eknath
  • Janabai
  • Brahmananda
  • Rashtra Sant Tukado ji Maharaj
  • Tyagaraja
  • Annamacharya
  • Bhadrachala Ramadas
  • Nayanmars
  • Muthuswami Dikshitar
  • Syama Sastri

Yoga-Guru

  • Nigamananda

Integral-Yoga

  • Sri Aurobindo

Kriya-Yoga

  • Yogananda

Siddha-Yoga

  • Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa

Academician-Philosophers

  • Coomaraswamy
  • Radhakrishnan
  • Swami Gahanananda
  • Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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