Rishi

Strange world is today where people give themselves titles, upadhies of Satguru, Guru, or Brahma Ŕsï or Maha Ŕsï or have honoric names as per their choice while in reality none dared to claim titles earlier without passing through personal enlightenment  process by one’s efforts and action wherein the God’s and Divinities were more of facilitators and not as the sole provider of Salvation. All the paths of knowledge (Jnana), Action(Karma), Yoga (cosmic Union) were nothing but tools of attaining the goals of knowing the self.In the traditional form of gaining enlightenment it is known that penance was done to gain boons from the Trinities of Hindu Gods (Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma) but they were never worshipped to gain anything material  nor were they idolized in any format except as a form of light.

Even the hierarchies had been clearly laid for the path and how they have evolve from one stage to another of attainment. Evolution began from the stage of a Sadhaka (seeker) and through penance one attained the stage of Pranava Rishi, passing through nearly 64 levels of Ŕsï’ s comprising of

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Mahaadi Ŕsï

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Mahakaal Ŕsï

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Kaal Ŕsï

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Brahmand Ŕsï

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Brahmakalp Ŕsï

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Pratikalpa Ŕsï

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Kalpadi Ŕsï

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Kalpa Ŕsï

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Samvrtakalpa Ŕsï

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Devadi Ŕsï

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Aghor Ŕsï

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Deva Ŕsï

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Satya Ŕsï

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Manvatar Ŕsï

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Aghoraghoratara Ŕsï

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Maitri Ŕsï

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Brahma Ŕsï

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Aghoracaksus Ŕsï

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Arga Ŕsï

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Kana Ŕsï

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Rajadhi Ŕsï

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Kapalamalin Ŕsï

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Tejistha Ŕsï

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Raja Ŕsï

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Mahat Ŕsï

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Maha Ŕsï

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Jivamukta Ŕsï

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Parama Ŕsï,

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Kanda Ŕsï

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Sutra Ŕsï

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Sruta Ŕsï

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Vipra Ŕsï

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Vipazayati Ŕsï

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Siddha Ŕsï

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Tapa Ŕsï

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Daanva Ŕsï

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Daitya Ŕsï

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Gandharva Ŕsï

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Pramujacati Ŕsï

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Indirayanigraha Ŕsï

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Jana Ŕsï

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Mantrakrit Ŕsï

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Kamandha Ŕsï

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Shukshmadrishti Ŕsï

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Antardrishti Ŕsï

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Anatahkaran Ŕsï

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Divyadrishti Ŕsï

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Mantrakritsama Ŕsï

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Kamandalava Ŕsï

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Grihastha Ŕsï

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Urdhvaretas Ŕsï

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Asramavasis Ŕsï

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Yayavaras Ŕsï

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Purohita- vrittikas Ŕsï

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Sadharana vrittikas Ŕsï

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Saastras adyapakas Ŕsï

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Sastras adhyapakas Ŕsï

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Samarambha Ŕsï

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Ugra tapasvis Ŕsï

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Stoka Ŕsï

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Spurata Ŕsï

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Mumuksa Ŕsï

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Sukumara Ŕsï

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Sadharana tapsvis Ŕsï

Where even the titles like Paramhamsa, Sadhu, Sanyasi, Swami, Acharya are only forming a miniscule part of the whole lineage of englithenment process. Most of Ŕsï’s were having family, and rarely follow the path of Brahmacharya as known today of remaining celibates or hiding the facts that they are married.

~Maitreya Rudrabhayananda

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