Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 HI all, My name is Jagan Narayan and I am based out of Mumbai. I would like to know more about Vaishnavism and about Ramanuja's philosophy. The question is where do I start. I can read Tamil, and English. My primary source for reading is the internet. Rgds Jagan Try FREE Mail - the world's greatest free email! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 SrI: SrImathE Ramanujaya namah: Dear Sri Jagan, Your innocent query is appreciated. Your interest to learn is excellent. You have already started:-) by asking these questions. You have started at the right place (where there are erudite scholars who can respond to your doubts /questions and those half baked ones (like me) who confuse too.. With your intellect you sure can distinguish the difference. You can visit the website: http://members.tripod.com/~sriramanujar and read the material there for a start. Also browse the list archives randomly and you will unearth a lot. You can read about samasrayaNam and other sampradayams.. to great extent. Our Visishtadvaita system is built on solid authority, namely, the most ancient literature, the Vedas. The vedas are countless and authorless. They along with the Smritis, holy Puranas etc. constitute the rock-bottom of this system. The genius of Ramanuja, and that of many similarly great minds have built a sold edifice. That is what we call the Sri Vaishnava system. This religious system has as its ‘Aadharasruti’, so to say, the Sesha-Seshi relationship between individual souls and the supreme soul- Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. Regards Namo Narayana aDiyEn ----Original Message Follows---- jagan Narayan <jagan_narayan bhakti-list What to learn and where do I start Tue, 12 Mar 2002 00:34:27 -0800 (PST) HI all, My name is Jagan Narayan and I am based out of Mumbai. I would like to know more about Vaishnavism and about Ramanuja's philosophy. The question is where do I start. I can read Tamil, and English. My primary source for reading is the internet. Rgds Jagan Try FREE Mail - the world's greatest free email! / ----------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 SrI: Dear Sri Jagan, Additional information (on top of Sriman Madavakkannan's recommendation) to learn our sampradaya : You can start reading the the following recommeded books to get basic to deeper knowledge in our sampradhaya. Dr. SM.Srinivasa Chari's book on SriVaishnavism ================================================ 1) Vaisnavism : Its Philosophy, Theology and Religious Discipline 2) Fundamentals of Visistadvaita Vedanta : A study based on Vedanta Desika's Tattva Mukta Kalapa 3) Philosophy of the VedAntha SoothrAs 4) Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars 5) Advaita and Visistadvaita - based on Satadushani of vedanta desika 6) The philosophy of Bramha sutras according to Samkara, Ramanuja and Madhva There are some websites available to give some information on Srivaishnava philosophy & theology http://www.ramanuja.org http://www.srivaishnava.org http://sriramanujar.tripod.com http://swamydesika.tripod.com But, none of the website or email groups can help you to understand our philosophy in a greater understandable level. Books may help to some extent, but it may raise certain doubts/questions after reading them. Those could be clarified then and there thro' a learned scholar/acharya. The best way to learn the philosophy and theological concept is from a acharya or from some learned srivaishnava in a kalaksepam (private-lectures to small set of people with greater level of depth in the subject) style. There are many scholors available in Mumbai to deliver lectures to understand the philosophy. You may read books and web contents to get some knowledge before you can prepare yourself to attend the traditional kalakshepams. Hope it helps, Thanks & Regards, adiyen Ramanujadasan, Achutharaman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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