Sripad Ramanujacarya Appearance Day

[Nausheel Unnadkat]

Hare Krsna 

Day before yesterday, 15th April, was the auspicious appearance day of Sripad Ramanujacarya, the prominent acarya in the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya

"When the religion of the Vedas became weakened due to the influence of less intelligent men who blindly performed ritualistic ceremonies and wantonly killed animals in the name of Vedic injunctions, Buddha appeared on the scene as a great reformer. Totally rejecting the Vedic literature and substituting his rational, atheistic views, Buddha advocated the path of ahimsa, (nonviolence and nirvana-the negation of reality as we know it) as the ultimate goal of life. Soon after, the philosophy of Shankaracharya overpowered Buddhism and spread throughout India.

The authority of the Upanishads and other Vedic literature were revived by Shankara and employed as weapons to fight the Buddhist doctrine. Interpreting the Vedas to draw a particular conclusion, Shankara established the doctrine of non-dualism, adwaita-vedanta, stating that all living entities were on an equal level with God. He prominently stressed those texts which afforded an answer to the rationalistic atheism of the Buddhists, yet the teachings of Shankara were not wholly theistic, and thus a further unveiling of the ultimate reality was destined. That destiny was fulfilled through Shri Ramanujacharya"

More about Sripad Ramanujacarya in the History of Vaishnavas here:

http://gaudiyahistory.com/ramanujacarya/

Also devotional videos/dramas enacting the Life, Pastimes, Mission of Sripad Ramanujacarya

http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/video/video/search?q=Ramanujacharya

Hope we can take inspiration and follow in his footsteps of unconditional devotional service. 

Thank you

Nausheel Unnadkat
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