Home›Hindu Monastic Orders›Ordination Practice›Diksha InitiationBrowse ByDiksha InitiationThis page groups religious orders by how they recognize a member as a minister. Wikipedia notes that Jehovah's Witnesses "consider an adherent's qualified baptism to constitute his ordination as a minister," a very different practice from a seminary ordination. Browsing this way lets a visitor compare how differently orders mark someone as formally set apart for ministry.FactsDiksha InitiationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Diksha InitiationFilter Results20 entriesRooted InAllGaudiya Vaishnavism (1)Shaivism (7)Vaishnavism (2)Originated InAllIndia (2)Member OfAllDashanami Sampradaya (7)Ramanandi Sampradaya (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (20)Origin Period Start YearAll1886 (1)1917 (2)1920 (1)1954 (1)2018 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllSanskrit (20)Doctrinal PositionAllAdvaita Vedanta Non-Dualism (20)Kind of orderAllHindu Monastic Orders (16)Who may joinAllHijra or Third-Gender Members (1)Men Only (2)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (1)Contemplative or Monastic Prayer (20)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 20Adinatha SampradayaDiksha InitiationAgni AkharaDiksha InitiationAkhil Bharatiya Akhara ParishadDiksha InitiationAnand AkharaDiksha InitiationAtal AkharaDiksha InitiationAvahan AkharaDiksha InitiationBhakti MargaDiksha InitiationBharat Sevashram SanghaDiksha InitiationDaśanāmi SampradayaDiksha InitiationDigambar Ani AkharaDiksha InitiationGaudiya MathDiksha InitiationJuna AkharaDiksha InitiationKinnar AkharaDiksha InitiationMahanirvani AkharaDiksha InitiationNiranjani AkharaDiksha InitiationNirmohi AkharaDiksha InitiationRamakrishna MathDiksha InitiationRamakrishna OrderDiksha InitiationSri Sarada MathDiksha InitiationYogoda Satsanga Society of IndiaDiksha InitiationSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.