QUIZ: let me get at least one answer even if the question is too fundamental

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asmad gurubhyo namah

srimathe srivan shatakopa sri vedanta desika yatindra mahadesikaya namah

srimathe sri lakshmi nrisimha divya paduka sevaka sri narayana yatindra maha

desikaya namah

 

I had posted this quiz and I did not get any answers. Hence I feel that

this is too fundamental a question. Is this question too fundamental to ask?

Mani Varadarajan and Myself argued for a long time ie. about several weeks

to find the extent of the seriousness of this topic.

 

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QUIZ: What is the MOST REVOLUTIONARY CONTRIBUTION to the world of Hindu

Philosophy by Sri Ramanujacharya and why is it so? - please explain.

 

Regards,

 

Krishna

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Dear Sri.Krishna Kashyap:

Pranams!

The answer to this question can be given in various angles. The

one that I feel as most revolutionary is the following:

 

Sri.Ramanuja has proved the SOCIAL CAUSE behind the Vedic

philosophy, which is considered to be our Pramana. This is

obvious by His work on framing a theory to break the feedback

cycle of Samsara in order to exist at the Highest Level of Bliss

(for jivas). The first line from His Brahma Sutra Bashya(starts

with: For the welfare of all the Jivatmas in the whole creation

that includes all the galaxies..) clearly shows His Social

concern behind His work.

 

He pleads for Nitya Kaimkaryam to the Supreme Being in the

state of Moksha(whatever the form of kaimkaryam be, chosen by

the Supreme Being's will). Here, relationship to Brahman is

established through Service to Him.

 

Coming down to the most physical layer of existence of Jivatmas

(I mean their existence in different forms of living bodies),

Acharyan has clearly shown His Socialistic view, by preaching

the Charama Slokam(Showing the path to Moksha) to the whole

mankind by violating His Acharyan's words.

 

Hence, in my view point(bound by my limitations), I consider

the Social Concern as the revolutionary entity behind all His

works and life.

 

Thanks,

 

aDiyEn,

srI rAmAnuja dAsan,

Ramanan Rajagopalan

 

---- On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Krishna Kashyap (kkalale1)

wrote:

> QUIZ: What is the MOST REVOLUTIONARY CONTRIBUTION to the

world of Hindu

> Philosophy by Sri Ramanujacharya and why is it so? - please

explain.