Founders of the Parampara
The divine and sagely figures at the very source of the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya disciplic succession — Lord Brahma, Narada Muni, and Srila Vyasadeva — whose teaching reaches, many generations later, all the way to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and beyond.
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Lord Brahma
Adi-Guru — First Spiritual Master and Secondary Creator of the Universe
At the start of the present cosmic creation (kalpa) — not a date on any human calendar – None yet, by tradition's own account — Brahma is understood to still be living; a single day of his life equals 4.32 billion human years
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Narada Muni
Celestial Sage and Travelling Teacher of Bhakti, Guru of Vyasadeva and Dhruva Maharaja
Timeless — reckoned among the mind-born sons of Lord Brahma at the dawn of the present universe – None recorded — a liberated soul who has not undergone death since his present birth, and whom Vaishnava tradition holds to be still travelling today
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Srila Vyasadeva
Compiler of the Vedas, Author of Srimad-Bhagavatam
Traditionally at the junction of Dvapara-yuga and Kali-yuga (exact site and era disputed) – Not dated; tradition holds he remains present in the world
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