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	Dattatreya Jayanthi
		DATTATREYA Jayanthi falls during December-January on the full moon day of the month of Margaseersha.
		Dattatreya was absolutely free from intolerance or prejudice of any kind.
		Discourses are given by Yogis and Sannyasins, on the life and teachings of Lord Dattatreya during this gathering as well as during the night Satsang at the Ashram.
	www.hinduism.8k.com /dattatreya.html (1942 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Dattatreya (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although Dattatreya was at first a "Lord of Yoga" exhibiting distinctly Tantric traits, he was adapted and assimilated into the more devotional cults; while still worshipped by millions of Hindus, he is approached more as a benevolent God than as a teacher of the highest essence of Indian thought.
		Dattatreya himself was regarded as an avatar of Maheshwara (Shiva) but later was claimed by Vaishnavites as the avatar of Vishnu.
		Dattatreya is usually depicted with three heads, symbolising Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; past, present, and future; and the three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and dreamless sleep.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Dattatreya (926 words)

	Dattatreya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dattatreya incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva.
		In the Nath tradition, Dattatreya is recognized as an Avatar or incarnation of the Lord Shiva and as the Adi-Guru (First Teacher) of the Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas.
		Dattatreya is usually depicted with three heads, symbolising Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; past, present, and future; and the three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and dreamless sleep.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dattatreya (1016 words)

	Dattatreya
		But the gods state that they recognise Dattatreya as actually "stainless", that is, these impure actions aren't touching his essence, that he's a God, and that the fallen woman is actually Lakshmi, mother of the world, and continue to beg his assistance.
		Dattatreya is thus pleased and states that whoever worships him will gain gratification, children and wealth especially if they worship with meat, strong drink and musical instruments.
		In the first story, Dattatreya visits the home of a pious Brahmin couple, Apalaraja and his wife Sumati, disguised as a beggar, and is served with such honour even though the couple are in the middle of a Vedic ceremony, that he reveals his true identity and grants them a boon.
	www.philhine.org.uk /writings/tt_dattatreyalowe.html (6947 words)

	Kaamah.com - Dattatreya - Composite God, Immortal Guru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The figure of Dattatreya is one of Hinduism's characteristic endeavors at syncretic assimilation of multiple deities so that everybody feels included within the parameters of a new spiritual impulse, instead of being excluded as is too often the case.
		The Dattatreya cult is primarily centered within the state of Maharashtra in India but it has spillovers into the neighboring states.
		Dattatreya is commonly understood to be a form of God that encompasses within himself the attributes of Hinduism's Trinity, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
	www.kaamah.com /gods/dattatreya.php (1687 words)

	Dattatreya - HinduWiki
		The disciples of Dattatreya are: Sahasrarjun Kartavirya, Bhargava Paramasura, Yadu, Alarka, Ayu and Pralhad.
		Dattatreya is one of the oldest of the deities.
		In the Dattatreya Upanishad which is a part of the Atharva Veda, he is described as being able to appear in the form of a child, madman, or demon in order to help his devotees achieve moksha, liberation from the bonds of worldly existence.
	www.hinduwiki.com /index.php/Dattatreya (1833 words)

	Dattatreya
		Dattatreya himself was regarded as an avatar of Maheshwara (Shiva), but later was claimed by Vaishnavas as the avatar of Vishnu.
		In accord with the Guru's correct assessment of his stage, he was first initiated into the rituals for the worship of the Mother Goddess (Shakti) in her form as Tripura (destroyer of the three cities or Gunas).
		Dattatreya aimed at the negation of the thought behind things and ideas because conflict exists, not so much in the things and ideas (such as words), but those meanings with which we associate them.
	www.shivashakti.com /datta.htm (4013 words)

	ShreeSwami.org :: Lord Dattatreya, Shri Dattatreya, Datta Guru, Dattavtar, Sadguru
		Birth: Dattatreya had descended into the realm of world as progeny of Atri and Anusuya, a sage couple of the Vedic age.
		Shri Dattatreya, in order to bless His devotees and the righteous ones, wanders about in the guise of a random guest at the lunch hour.
		Shri Dattatreya had twenty four teachers from nature "many are my preceptors," he told King Yadu, "selected by my keen sense, from whom acquiring wisdom freely, I wander in the world.
	www.shreeswami.org /about-shri-dattatreya-datta-guru-dattavtar.htm (1292 words)

	SAI DATTATREYA
		Lord Dattatreya has taken incarnations in various personalities but the main aim and objective remained centered around to offer protection to HIS devotees and rid them from miseries and drive towards Spiritualism.
		She found a hermit at the door-step with rare splendour of divine effulgence, face, joyful beaming brighter than that of the sun-glow, Sumati reverentially bowed down and felt that Lord Dattatreya came in that guise of a hermit.
		The medicines he prescribed varied with the faith of the patient from the juice of a lemon to a remedy prescribed of putting a hand bitten by a scorpion inside a shoe for relief.
	www.saidarbar.org /dattatreya/saidatta.htm (0 words)

	The Story of Lord Dattatreya
		Dattatreya was he called; he sucked Anasuya's breast: He was Vishnu indeed incarnate; He was Atri's second son.
		Brahma became Soma, Vishnu was born as Dattatreya, Shiva was born as Durvasas, throught the boon granted by the gods.
		Dattatreya protects offspring from destruction by the malignant Daityas: and Vishnu's portion must be also be known as the benefactor of the docile.
	www.avatara.org /dattatreya/story.html (985 words)

	The Pathless Path to Immortality\\ {\Large The Wisdom of Bhagavan Dattatreya}
		Shri Dattatreya was a dropout of an earlier age than the period when the Veda and Tantra merged to become one simple cult.
		The teachings of Dattatreya during his lifetime were probably adjusted to meet the needs and understanding of the the disciples.
		To Dattatreya, it meant a stage of realization of the Absolute Truth, where there was no longer any distinction to be felt, seen or experienced between the seeker and the sought.
	www.mahendranath.org /pathlesspath/pathlesspath.html (4429 words)

	History of Indian Gods - Shirdi Sai Baba Gift
		Thus, Dattatreya was born to such an important sage, who lived with his wife in an ashram near Sucheendram, near Kanyakumari, at the southern tip of India.
		As Dattatreya was born of a boon granted by the Trinity, he is often depicted as one with three heads representing Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
		Dattatreya served his parents selflessly and was later born as an avatar purush (holy incarnation), considered to be the Sai Baba of Shirdi.
	www.shirdisaigift.com /about-sai-baba/history-of-indian-gods.html (1112 words)

	MantraOnNet.com: Dattatreya
		From this Dattatreya drew a lesson, that hoarding was the root cause of all misery.
		Dattatreya found the lesson he learned from her to be of great value, and thus the prostitute, too, became one of bis twenty-four teachers.
		Here was the first disciple of Dattatreya who had studied so much quite early in his life that he was naturally considered a worthy teacher of mankind-a born teacher, a beacon of light for the rest, groping in the darkness of their ignorance.
	www.mantraonnet.com /dattatreya.html (4804 words)

	Avadhoota Gita
		Dattatreya belonged to the ancient Vedic period as there is a Dattatreya Upanishad in the Atharvaveda.
		Dattatreya is the narrator of the Jnana Kanda of tripura rahasya to Parasurama to dispel the latter's doubts on liberation.
		Dattatreya is usually depicted with four dogs by his side, representing the four vedas, a cow behind him representing Lord Vishnu, a trident in his hand representing Lord Shiva and three heads representing Lord Brahma.
	www.astrojyoti.com /avadhootagita.htm (899 words)

	Dattatreya Temple Maharashtra,Dattatreya Hindu Temple,Maharashtra Hindu Temples
		Dattatreya is considered to be the incarnation of either Vishnu or the all-powerful Trinity of Hindu mythology viz.
		The legend behind the emergence of this temple goes like this; Dattatreya is the son of the sage 'Atri' and his wife 'Anasuya'.
		It is a symbol of the constant and eternal presence of Dattatreya in his form as Nrisimha Sarasvati at this Kshetra.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /maharashtra/temples/dattatreya-temple.html (703 words)

	Biographies
		Other purana-s give different narratives but all involve the attribution of the name Dattatreya to mean 'Son of sage Atri.' For example, there is a story is that the gods decided to test the chastity of anasuya, the wife of the rishi Atri.
		This child is known as Dattatreya and is considered to be an incarnation of the trinity Gods.
		Dattatreya is usually depicted with four dogs by his side, representing the four vedas, a cow behind him (a la vishNu), a trident in his hand (a la Siva) and three heads (a la brahma).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/8107/bios1.html (4451 words)

	indiayogi.com - Indian Gods and Goddesses - Dattatreya - Composite God - Immortal Guru - Hinduism's, spiritual, ...
		The figure of Dattatreya is one of Hinduism's characteristic endeavors at syncretic assimilation of multiple deities so that everybody feels included within the parameters of a new spiritual impulse, instead of being excluded as is too often the case.
		The Dattatreya cult is primarily centered within the state of Maharashtra in India but it has spillovers into the neighboring states.
		Dattatreya is commonly understood to be a form of God that encompasses within himself the attributes of Hinduism's Trinity, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
	www.indiayogi.com /content/indgods/dattatreya.asp (1837 words)

	Dattatreya
		The child being the quintessence of the three Lords adopted by the holy couple is Dattatreya (Datta - adopted, treya-three).
		Dattatreya goes into the world established in Atman knowing that the Atma alone is his Guru, and yet he learnt from twenty-four instruments, therefore his gurus.
		Dattatreya is a 'seerangeeni' (immortal) who retains his original form till the end of this cycle.
	www.templeoffinearts.org /sg/Dattatreya.htm (816 words)

	Dattatreya
		The main work attributed to Dattatreya is the Avhadhuta Upanishad, which describes the conditions of the liberated soul, one who is unfettered by dogma, habit, ritual or conventional morality.
		What Dattatreya, like other Tantriks, is opposed to is morality without function: the laws of religious or political dogma which are adhered to simply because they are there.
		Dattatreya is usually depicted with three heads, symbolising Brahma/Shiva/Vishnu, past present and future, and the three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep.
	neptune.spaceports.com /~words/datta.html (567 words)

	Agastyar - Baba Sri Siva
		Dattatreya Siva Baba, whose secular name is Baskaran Pillai, received his formal education at the Univerity of Madurai, in India, where he was a Research Fellow and earned a Master’s Degree in English literature, as well as a Master of Letters in Comparative literature.
		Dattatreya Siva Baba was also an invited speaker on Hinduism at the United Nations World Religions conference and served as an editor for the Encyclopedia of Hinduism.
		Dattatreya Siva Baba has also revealed that he is the reincarnation of Swami Ramalingam, also know as Vallalar, another saint from the Tamil region of India.
	www.johnadams.net /cases/samples/Agastyar-Baba (4723 words)

	esamskriti- Dattatreya (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dattatreya is considered to be an incarnation of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
		Listening to Dattatreya, the king realized that the wisdom of this sage flowed from his determination to keep the goal of life firmly fixed in his awareness and from his ability to find the teachings everywhere he turned.
		Dattatreya's teachings are preserved in the vast literature of the Puranas and in the Datta Samhita, Avadhuta Gita, Dattatreya Upanishad, and Advadhuta Upanishad.
	esamskriti.com /html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=greatmen&cid=618&sid=124&count1=3 (2032 words)

	Guru Dattatreya
		The scriptures describes Lord Dattatreya as the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu and also as the Sadguru.
		Lord Dattatreya is shown symbolically in pictures as the coalescence of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva but is in truth the Absolute, the Almighty (Parabrahma Parameshwara).
		Dattatreya - The Way and the Goal by Shri Jaya Chamarajendra Wadiyar Bahadur is a scholarly book on the profound philosophy that Lord Datta teaches to His disciples.
	www.thakor.freeserve.co.uk /datta.htm (811 words)

	Lord Dattatreya
		The path of Dattatreya embraces all spiritual paths and is the source of all other traditions.
		Lord Dattatreya came as the Supreme Philosopher (Avadhoota) so that the true meaning and purpose of Sacrifice (Tyaaga) may be revealed to mankind.
		The significance of this sacrifice is stated in the Dattatreya Upanishad where the Lord says, "Not by action, not by progeny, nor even by self, but by renunciation (tyaaga) alone is immortality attained.
	www.dattapeetham.com /india/datta/datta.html (0 words)

	Three-Headed Six-Armed Dattatreya
		Dattatreya was the son of the great sage Atri and his wife Anusya, one of the paragons of chastity in Hindu mythology.
		Indeed some believe the Dattatreya concept to be an amalgamation of these three primary deities of Hinduism.
		Specifically Dattatreya is said to be associated with people of low birth whose teacher he is said to be.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /product/ZM47 (155 words)

	Parampara Lord Shree Dattatreya
		It was when Lord Dattatreya, manifested Himself in the form of Shree Swami Samarth in its sub-sect called 'Saraswati', that the sub-sect came to be more popularly known as Shree Datta Sampradaya.
		The typical form in which the Lord Dattatreya appears is that of an ascetic with 3 heads and 6 arms (symbolizing the unification of the three Gods).
		Lord Dattatreya 'the ascetic' helps the devotees in times of calamity and also leads them to Moksha (freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth) and hence is worshipped widely by the masses.
	www.swamisamarth.com /parampara/datta.html (693 words)

	The Hindu : Krishna waters for city by March 31: Dattatreya
		The Union Minister of State for Urban Development, B. Dattatreya, has expressed confidence that the Krishna water will be supplied to the twin-cities for drinking purposes by March 31.
		Dattatreya told reporters on Saturday that of the 116 km.
		Dattatreya said it was decided to release to the State Rs.
	www.hindu.com /2004/01/25/stories/2004012511060300.htm (380 words)

	Nisargadatta Maharaj
		Dattatreya’s parents were both extremely pious and practiced austerities for a long time in the hopes of gaining a boon, the birth of a son.
		Dattatreya is depicted as an ascetic with the heads of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
		Dattatreya supposedly instructed Patanjali, I found a reference to this on a web site with biographies of non-dual sages, “Regarding the works by him, probably the most controversial is that it is mentioned in the Markandeya purana that he taught the Asthanga yoga to Patanjali, who then wrote the yoga sutras”,(1).
	www.nisargadatta.net /Navnath_Sampradaya.html (9613 words)

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