Ramanujacharya

Book 10 – Questions & Answers

By Admin10 min read

Question: Which is superior, service or remembrance? Answer: Service and remembrance are complementary to each other. Neither is lesser nor greater than the other because they both are incomplete without each other. Therefore, they are complete only when combined. Without service, remembrance is incomplete; it does not lead to salvation, progress, or peace. Merely performing service does not bring peace. Therefore, these two complement each other, like the heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs. If the…

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Guru Mahima

Selected Shlokas

By Admin4 min read

Here are the Shlokas and couplets related to the greatness and importance of the Guru:

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Nov07-Jan08 2007 Sri Sudarshan Sandesh

Sanatan Dharma

By Magazine Editor5 min read

In this material world, we find that everything is temporary. It comes into being, stays for some time, produces some by-products, dwindles, and then vanishes. This is the law of the material world, whether we use as an example this body, a piece of fruit, or anything else. However, beyond this temporary world, there is another world of which we have information. This other world consists of a different nature, which is sanatana (eternal). Jiva…

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Feb07-Apr07 2007 Sri Sudarshan Sandesh

Life of Bhashyakar Bhagwan Shri Ramanujacharya

By Rameshwar Singh5 min read

Bhagwan Sri Ramanujacharya is well known in South India, where his influence was paramount. There are very few people who follow the doctrine of Bhashyakar Ramanujacharya outside South India. Those that do follow his doctrine belong to what is known as the Sri Sampradaya. It is time that people of the world know what religious doctrine he preached and the basis of his philosophical conclusions (Siddhanta). It is important to know whether this doctrine was…

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Feb07-Apr07 2007 Sri Sudarshan Sandesh

Advaita & Vishishtadvaita

By Magazine Editor4 min read

Advaita and Vishishtadvaita have no connection at all. Advaita is implicit atheism. Advaita is called “Prachanna Bauddham” (hidden Buddhism). Advaita is based only on a personal interpretation of Abheda-sruti. In Advaita, Brahman is the only knowledge-self reality and is without any attributes. The three types of differences, namely difference in individuality, difference in types, and differences in its integral parts, are not in Brahman. Nothing other than this Brahman is reality. Though Brahman is eternally…

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2006 Nov06-Jan07 Sri Sudarshan Sandesh

Thiru Narayana and Ramapriya – The famous Deities of Melukote

By Jaya Vijaya Dasa7 min read

During the beginning of Satyayuga, Lord Brahma requested Lord Narayana to bestow upon him a murti for worship. Lord Narayana fulfilled the request by creating an image of Himself for Lord Brahma. The murti was 6 feet tall, made of shiny black stone, with four arms and hands holding a chakra, conch, club, and one palm outward bestowing benedictions. He was bedecked with golden ornaments, precious jewels, and diamonds. Lord Brahma was pleased and began…

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