What is the Indian name for a charismatic guru who posesses paranormal powers like telepathy?
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Godman (India) Godman is a colloquial term used in India for a type of charismatic guru. They usually have a high-profile presence, and are capable of attracting attention and support from large sections of the society. Godmen also sometimes claim to possess paranormal powers, such as the ability to heal, the ability to see or influence future events, and the ability to read minds.
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Telepathy Telepathy (from the Greek τῆλε, "tele" meaning "distant" and πάθος, "pathos" or "-patheia" meaning "feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience") is the purported transmission of information from one person to another without using any of our known sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the earlier expression "thought-transference".
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Basava Premanand Basava Premanand (17 February 1930 – 4 October 2009) was a skeptic and rationalist from Kerala, India. He organised many tours around rural India for the promotion of scientific thinking, exposing alleged miracles and scams carried out by various gurus and spreading awareness of superstition. Premanand was the founder of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, the convener of Indian CSICOP and the owner-publisher-editor of the monthly magazine "The Indian Skeptic", which scientifically investigates paranormal occurrences in India. He was known as one of the most vocal critics of Satya Sai Baba.
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Bodhananda Bodhananda (1883–1928) was an Indian Hindu philosopher. He was the disciple and the nominated successor of his guru, called Narayana Guru, though both died only days apart.
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Namassejsantokotha The preachings of Santos or Rishis of Namassej community are known as Namassej santo kotha. This includes the preachings of adi-santoguru Purno Brohmo Sri Sri Harichand Thakur and others. These are revelations of Parameswar Brohmo as Bharhutbrahma revealing in meditation or in trance.
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Nityanand Swami (Paramhansa) Nityanand Swami (Devanagari: नित्यानन्द स्वामी) (1793-1903) born as Dinmani Sharma, was one of the senior Paramhansa’s initiated by Swaminarayan. He was given the name Nityanand as a reflection of his lasting joyful persona. Prior to his initiation, he had already established an impressive knowledge base through his association with great scholars and pundits. Generally recognized as one of the foremost scholars in the Swaminarayan Sampraday on Hindu scriptures, Nityanand Swami’s knowledge and abilities were often displayed in scriptural debates common for the era. In line with his inclination for scriptural studies, Nityanand Swami was also appointed as of the five compilers of the Vachanamrut. Nityanand Swami was regarded as the incarnation of Vyasa
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Astral projection Astral projection (or astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe a willful out-of-body experience (OBE), a supposed form of telepathy, that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside of it throughout the universe.
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Waheguru Waheguru (Punjabi: ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ , vāhigurū ) in Sikhism, is the name given to God who is universal, self-illuminated, perpetual and gender-less.
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Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī (1776–1894) was an influential leader (guru) in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, and is respected as a "Mahatma" or saint by followers of his lineage. He accepted initiation (diksha) from Jagadananda Goswami of Vrindavan, and later accepted Babaji initiation from Madhusudana dasa Babaji. For the rest of his life, his example as a Gaudiya Vaishnava devotee was an inspiration to many in the community. Bhaktivinoda Thakur is quoted calling him "the commanding chief of the devotees".
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Devapi In Hinduism, Devapi (Sanskrit: देवापि , Devāpi , lit. "friend of Gods") or Devāpi Arṣṭiṣeṇa, is an immortal sage. According to the Nirukta (ii.10), the "Brihaddevata", the Mahabharata, and the Puranas, he was a Kuru prince and the eldest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapura. He was a noble and well-liked prince but he was not allowed to succeed Pratipa, because he was affected with leprosy and the council of Brahmins and elderly citizens were opposed to this proposal. As a result of this, his younger brother Shantanu succeeded Pratipa as the king of Hastinapura. Later Devapi retired to the forest for penance. According to the Matsya Purana and the Bhagavata Purana, he along with the sage Maru will remain alive till the end of the present Kaliyuga at a place called Kalapagrama and will revive the Paurava dynasty in the next Kritayuga.
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Pranavananda Swami Pranavananda (Bengali: ) also known as Yugacharya Srimat Swami Pranavananda Ji Maharaj, (14 May 1896 – 8 February 1941) was a Hindu yogi and saint who founded an organization known as the Bharat Sevashram Sangha. He is remembered for his pioneering efforts to bring the modern Hindu society into the new age without compromising the essential values of ancient traditions of Hindu spirituality. Swamiji was one of the greatest spiritual leaders of modern India. He is still revered very much for his message of universal love, compassion for all humanity and social reform without giving up the nationalist zeal, the love of mother land.
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Ganesh Baba Swami Ganeshananda Giri (Bengali: স্বামী গণেশানন্দ গিরী ) (1890(?) - 19 November 1987), popularly known as Ganesh Baba, and more formally as 'Shri Mahant Ganesh Giriji Maharaj', was a yogi and teacher in the tradition of Kriya Yoga.
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Outline of parapsychology Parapsychology is a field of research that studies a number of ostensible paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, reincarnation, and apparitional experiences.
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Siddha Yoga Siddha Yoga is a spiritual path founded by Muktananda (1908–1982). The present spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path is Gurumayi Chidvilasananda.
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Parampara Parampara (Sanskrit: परम्परा, "paramparā") denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in traditional Vedic culture and Indian religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism. It is also known as "guru–shishya tradition" ("succession from guru to disciple").
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Aniruddha (given name) Aniruddha or Anirudh (Devanagari: अनिरुद्ध "aniruddha " ) is an Indian masculine given name that derives from the mythological character Aniruddha. The meaning of the Sanskrit word is "unobstructed", "self-willed". It has been used as one of the names of Shiva.
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Haidakhan Babaji Haidakhan Babaji, simply called "Babaji" or Bhole Baba by his students and devotees, was a teacher who appeared near the village of Haidakhan in northern India (Uttarakhand) and taught publicly from 1970 to 1984.
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Dukun A dukun is an Indonesian-Malay term for shaman. In Malaysia, they are often referred to as bomoh. Their societal role is that of a traditional healer, spirit medium, custom and tradition experts and on occasion sorcerers and masters of black magic. In common usage the dukun is often confused with another type of shaman, the pawang. It is often mistranslated into English as "witch doctor" or "medicine man". Many self-styled dukun in Indonesia are simply scammers and criminals, preying on gullible and superstitious people who were raised to believe in the supernatural.
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Karthik Karthik or Kartik (Tamil : கார்த்திக் ) (Hindi : कार्तिक) is a popular Indian masculine given name. Another common form of the same name is Karthikeyan. The feminine form of the same name is Karthika.
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Guruwari Guruwari or "totem design" or "seed power" is an idea that appears in the Warlpiri language of the culture of indigenous Australian peoples. Guruwari is intimately associated with The Dreaming.
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Mahavatar Babaji Mahāvatār Bābājī is the name given to an Indian saint and yogi by Lahiri Mahasaya and several of his disciples, who reported meeting him between 1861 and 1935. Some of these meetings were described by Paramahansa Yogananda in his book "Autobiography of a Yogi", including a first hand report of Yogananda's own meeting with the yogi. Another first hand account was given by Yukteswar Giri in his book "The Holy Science". According to Sri M's autobiography (Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master) Babaji, was Shiva. In the second last chapter of his book, he mentions Babaji changing his form to that of Shiva. All of these accounts, along with additional reported meetings, are described in various biographies. According to Yogananda's autobiography, Babaji has resided for at least hundreds of years in the remote Himalayan regions of India, seen in person by only a small number of disciples and others.
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Janardan Swami Janardan Swami (or Janardana) was an Indian scholar, a Deshpande or Deshastha Brahmin, born in 1504 at Chalisgaon. Janardan Swami was a devotee of Dattatreya. He moved to Devagiri, renamed as Daulatabad by the Muslim rulers of the time. The Muslim king appointed Janardan as chief in charge of the fort. There in a cave, he held a conversation with Dattatreya in human form. He made disciples from among all castes including Muslims and Arabs. On one of his tours to Ankalakopa, while resting in a temple, he had the vision of Lord Dattatreya who came to him in the form of Narasimha Saraswati, a great saint lived in Narsobawadi near Gangapur. Narasimha Saraswati initiated him in the spiritual life, under an audumbar tree. Janardan Swami composed beautiful Abhangas. His very presence used to bring peace of mind to those who came to him. Of his three main disciples, Saint Eknath was the best known; the others were Ramajanardana and Janijanardana.