Sri Deva Sthanam

Sri Vaishnavism and Ramanuja

admin — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:14:21 +0000

Note: In India there are many schools of Vaisnavism, and they are generally named after the particular founder that initially propounded them. Consequently, there is the Vaisnavism styled after Madhva, Nimbarka, Vallabha, Caitanya, Ramananda, Jayadeva, Jnanesvara, and so on. Each of these different schools of Vaisnavism has adapted itself to meet the local religious, social and language conditions…

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Vadakalai/Tenkalai Doctrinal Differences

admin — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:18:06 +0000

The divisions that developed within the Sri Vaisnava community in the centuries after Ramanuja are the result of doctrinal differences, the roots of which, can be traced back to the time of the Alvars and the acaryas. The actual split into two schools, the Vadakalai and the Tenkalai did not occur until the time of Manavala Mamuni in the 17th century. Sometimes the terms vadakalaiand tenkalai are…

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Sri Vaisnavism after Ramanuja

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:45:47 +0000

Ramanuja Acarya (1017-1137 A.D.) Page 3 – Sri Vaisnavism after Ramanuja As long as Ramanuja was alive, Sri Vaisnavas attached equal importance to both the Sanskrit and Tamil sides of their tradition. They stayed together as one group following the beliefs and practices of the acaryas and the Alvars. After Ramanuja however, certain teachers tended to emphasise the Sanskrit Vedas, while others emphasised […]

Writings and Visistadvaita

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:46:18 +0000

Ramanuja Acarya (1017-1137 A.D.) Page 2 – Writings and Visistadvaita During his lifetime Ramanuja wrote relatively few works compared to Sankara or Madhva, but what he did write had a major impact on the development of Vaisnavism in India. In fact Ramanuja has left us with nine works: Sri-bhasya,Vedanta-dipa, Vedanta-sŒra, Vedanta–samgraha, three prose works (gadyas):Saranagati-gadya, Sriranga-gadya and Vaikuntha-gadya, the Gita-bhasya andNitya–grantha. Unfortunately, Ramanuja wrote no commentaries […]