A Great Injustice

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagavatas,

 

Do terms such as Religion and Theology do justice to

Visistadvaita Vedanta?

 

No. The following explains why.

 

A religion is defined as belief in the supernatural power that

controls human destiny. Visistadvaita Vedanta is anAdi and

nitya (beginningless and eternal); it is the exposition of the

nature of reality; the universal truth, of which God is a part.

(As the introduction to Sri RAmAnja's Gita Bhasya so

eloquently states: The supreme reality is a qualified whole.

Isvara is the sustainer of the whole, and prakriti and jivas are

the sustained. Each is an indissolvable part of the whole.)

Terms such as Religion and Theology imply faith and origin

by default. Visistadvaita Vedanta is beginningless, eternal

and immutable; thus, it is not subject to faith and does have

an origin. Whenever one tries to compare this SINGLE,

BEGINNINGLESS, ETERNAL, ENDLESS, TRUTH to religions or

theologies or philosophies he or she is doing a great injustice;

for all these have an origin and are mutable, unlike

Visistadvaita Vedanta. I don't see why when one has access

to the ultimate immutable truth, one needs to refer to lesser

or partial truths. Our great Acharyas have already established

Visistadvaita Vedanta's supremacy in debates, out of

compassion and for the good of society. Thus, one who needs

structure to cement his or her conviction simply needs to read

and understand what already exists. One can not debate but

only discuss (with others who have a conviction about its

supremacy) that which has already been proven supreme.

 

This is what I have come to realize.

 

Adiyen,

Venkat