Lineages
Guru to disciple, down to teachers alive today, and the places where the lines meet.
A paramparā (परम्परा, "one after another") is a chain of teachers, each passing on what they received . Six branches are traced here to teachers alive today, with time running down the page. Tap anyone in the tree to see who taught them and whom they taught.
Advaita root
Gauḍapāda → Govinda → Śaṅkara
Ramakrishna
Vivekananda → Sarvapriyananda
Kriyā Yoga
Babaji → Yogananda → SRF & Ananda
Chinmaya
Sivananda → Chinmayananda
Ramana
Arunachala → Muruganār · Papaji · Lakṣmaṇa
Patañjali
Yoga Sūtras → Kriyā · Rāja Yoga · Haṭha
Nāth · Inchegiri
Gorakhnāth → Jñāneśvar · Nisargadatta
Between the lineages
The branches share a root but never merged. They cross in a few documented meetings and run in parallel at several points.