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The Nimbarka Sampradaya (IAST: ''Nimbārka Sampradāya'', Sanskrit निम्बार्क सम्प्रदाय), also known as the Hamsa Sampradāya, Kumāra Sampradāya, and Sanakādi Sampradāya, is one of the four authorised Sampradāyas (philosophical schools characterised by leaders in disciplic succession) as according to the , one of the eighteen main . The verse says: ''
''All mantras which have been given (to disciples) not in an authorised Sampradāya are fruitless. Therefore, in Kali Yuga, there will be four bona-fide Sampradāyas. Each of them were inaugurated by Śrī Devī and known as the Śrī Sampradāya, Lord Brahmā and known as the Brahmā Sampradāya, Lord Rudra and known as the Rudra Sampradāya; and the Four Kumāras and known as Sanakādi Sampradāya. Śrī Devī made Rāmānujācārya the head of that lineage. So too Lord Brahmā appointed Madhvācārya, Lord Rudra appointed and the four Kumaras chose Nimbāditya (an epithet for Śrī Nimbārkācārya).'' As seen from the above verses in the , the four Sampradāyas are at least documented. According to the literature available through the Śrī Nimbārka Sampradāya and documents from other sources (such as the Bhaktamāla by Nābhadāsa) of the community. ==The Origins - == Amongst the 25 lila (Kalpa) avatars of ,〔Badarayana, Bhagavata Purana, Kashiraj Publications, Reprint 2000〕 there is mention of His incarnation as the Holy Swan, . The entire 13th chapter of Canto 11 of the Bhagavata Purana is devoted to the incarnation of . According to the traditions of the Śrī Nimbārka Sampradāya, He is supposed to have incarnated at the beginning of Satya Yuga, on the very first day (the ninth lunar day in the bright half of the Vedic month of Kārtika, known as ). The main cause of this incarnation was due to an unanswerable question posed by the Four Kumāras to their father, Lord Brahmā regarding the method of renouncing sense objects.〔Badarayana,''Srimad Bhagavatam-Canto 11'', translated and commented upon by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, published by Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.〕 When Lord Brahmā was thus unable to answer, he meditated upon , upon which the Bhagavata Purana records that ' - on the ninth lunar day of the bright half of the month of Kārtika, the Lord Hari () incarnated Himself as Śrī Hamsa Bhagavān. His form as a swan is significant, as according to tradition, a swan is able to separate milk from water.〔Sri Govindadasa Santa, Sri Nimbarkacarya aur Sri Nimbarkacarya Pitha, published by Akhila Bharatiya Nimbarkacarya Tirtha, Salemabad, 1997〕 This incarnation eliminated the doubt of the four brothers and their father, and initiated the brothers into the famed Gopāla Mantra, the mantra of initiation in Śrī Nimbārka Sampradāya. Lord Brahmā then explained this to them in detail and that discourse forms the body of the . Thus completing his task, then vanished. It would seem from this that the entire purpose of this particular bona-fide incarnation was to start the Śrī Nimbārka Sampradāya and deliver the famed Śrī Gopāla mantra, especially meant for the worship of , to the four brothers. By doing this, He ensured that these teachings would be passed on to all disciples. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nimbarka Sampradaya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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