Faith is ok but I believe the following proof is enough: Sri Anbil Ramaswamy writes in 'Hinduism Rediscovered' that 1) in the Yadavaachala Mahatmyam it is said that - Anantah Prathamam Roopam Lakshamanascha tathah parah Balabadram Thritheeyasthu Kalou Kaschit Bhavishyathi where 'kaschit' is in regard to Sri Ramanuja. 2) In Vriddha Padma Purana it is said that 'Vishnu' himself incarnates in Kaliyuga to ward off evils and ashastra. In the book 'Life of Sri Ramanuja' (Ramakrishna Mission) it is said that in the below puranas the birth of Sri Ramanuja being the avatara purusha is provided: Brihad Padma Purana Skanda Purana Narada Purana Divyasuristotra Bhagavatha 3) In Yathiraja Saptadhi Sri Vedantha Desika calls Ramanuja as 'Lakshmana Muni'. Also, it is said that the Birth and the zodiac sign of Soumitri(Lakshmana) is same as that of Ramanuja. Another proof is that of Ramanuja's polemic debate with thousands of Jains somewhere in Karnataka where he was in his mula roopa (that of thousand hooded Anantha) answers all Jains at one shot behind the screen. 4) It is also said that When Nammalwar in a pensive mood thinking that not enough was done to ward off unvedic philosophy in the world, Lord has told him that there will be a mahatma who incarnates to ward off ashastra/unvedic philosophies and to propogate vaishnavism across the world. This I believe is quoted in Sri Nammalwar's Thiruvoimozhi. 4) The Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi dwells on his greatness as given to us by Sri Madhava Kannan now. It is no exaggeration but very apt to regard him as Vishnu incarnate. 'Ramanuja' the name itself is enough to purify ones mind with all samsaric illness. Just a preliminary knowledge about Him reveals how he is endowed with mercy/karuna, divinity, wisdom with utmost humility shown even towards his enemies, let alone his disciples will make one wonder in amazement which is very difficult to comprehend let alone emulate. 5) The sannnidhana vishesha of Vishnu in Ramanuja is significant in propogating the Sri Vaishnava Siddhantha during a time when the world witnesses various unvedic philosophies and with a band of 74 disciplies and thousand other followers he had walked across India and installed various vaishnava mutts to cater to vedic idealism and vaishnavism. His works (9 in all) speaks for itself and one should immerse in this ocean by the grace of acharya to get liberated. The siddhantha thus is called 'Ramanuja Darshana'. Finally, I would think it is worth the effort if we go on searching for truth and get to know Acharyas and their lifestyle rather than seek answers in this list. In fact, searching this list itself will give out volume of information on Ramanuja. Acquire aforementioned books and other relevant books authored by Srivaishnava Diggajas and try and get to know about Ramanuja as it is very essential and it will be a pleasure trip in our spiritual journey. Later, when we dwell/swim in his tattvasagara when confroted with doubts it is best to seek truth from scholars. Till then, we need to put in our honest efforts. regards sukumar -----Original Message----- From: SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of kesavanta viraraghavan Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:05 PM To: SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SriRangaSri] Re: Question on the avatara stutus of great Samprayadic personalities.. Swamins, Ramanuja was not a simple servant of God.If he was simple ,how can he convert the Big empire of Emperor Pittideva to embrace Srivaishnavism?How such Big Thondanur tank (Which exists even now) ,and temples in Melkote had come up?One should not forget his efforts at tirupathi,kanchipuram and finally at Srirangam which still follow the same procedure till today laid down by this Great one! There is no proof required for great ones.It is absolutely our faith. Please excuse and pardon me for some mistakes I may have committed in these comments which I have made in this scribbling Dasan Kesavan. --------------------------------- Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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