Namaste


It is said that to be a vaishnava one must belong to any one of the four authorized sampradaya. These authorized four sampradaya are :
1 Sri sampradaya : said to have originated from goddess Lakshmi
2 Brahma sampradaya : said to have originated from Lord Brahma
3 Rudra sampradaya : said to have originated from Lord Shiva or Rudra
4 Nimbarka sampradaya : said to have originated from Lord Brahma’s sons , the kumaras of which sanat kumar is one.


The point to be noted here is none of these four sampradaya originated from Krishna or Vishnu directly. Then my question is how the acharayas of these four sampradayas become vaishnava ? if the acharayas of the four sampradays are not worshiper of Krishna or Vishnu themselves directly why should one belong to these sampradaya to become vaishnava. I shall be happy if forum members through some light on this aspect of so called vaishnava sampradaya.