Re: The Life and works of AchArya RaamAnujA : Part 1
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• October 9, 1999
Dear BhakthAs: We are adding 50 Q&A as well as a write up on the Life and works of AchArya RaamAnujA for the CD ROM prior to release to BhakthAs eagerly waiitng to receive them.Her eis the input from adiyEn on the Life and works of Sri RaamAnujA for the CD ROM . Since the article is longish for the sake of completeness of coverage of the subject matter , adiyEn will post it in few parts. V.Sadagopan SRI: ChaithrArdhrA sambhavam VishNO: darsana sthApanOthsukam I ThuNDIramaNdalE utthitham Seshamoorthim RaamAnujam BhajE II AchArya RaamAnujA born as the incarnation of AdhisEshan ******************************************************** AchArya RaamAnujA was born in ThoNdai Naadu as the son of Sri BhUmi Piratti and Aasurikula Tilakam , Sri Kesava SomayAji at PerumbhUdhUr on a PingaLa Year , Chitthirai Month, Sukla Paksha Panchami day , when ArudhrA constellation ( ThiruvAdhirai ) was in ascendance . This PingaLA year in the western calendar is 1017 A.D. Thirumalai Nampi , a renowned sishyar of AaLavandhAr was the child's uncle . He recognized that the child is an avthAram of Adhi Seshan ;he also recognized that the child is going to become a great Sri VaishNavite AchAryan .Hence , Thirumalai nampi gave the name of RaamAnujan to the new born child . This child lived for 120 years on this earth and during its rich life systematized and established on a firm footing the doctrines of VisishtAdvaithA, which have been expounded earlier by BodhAyanA , DramidA and TankA and elaborated by Nathamuni and AaLavandhAr . The divine recogniton of Sri RaamAnujA's contributions ******************************************************** AchArya RaamAnujA was recognized for his monumental contributions to Sri ViasishtAdvaitha Darsanam in his own life time by the Divya Dampathis of Srirangam,Kaanchi , ThirunArAyaNapuram , ANDAL of SrivilliputthUr and Devi Sarasvathi through their conferring of the titles of Udayavar ,Sri BhashyakArar nd amny other honprs . AchArya RaamAnujA was also addressed as Ilaya PerumAl by his sishyAs . Further , Lord VaradarAjA initiated RaamAnujA into SanyAsaasramam and conferred on him the title of YathirAjan at that time . Lord VaradarAjA reluctantly gave RaamAnujA later as a gift to Sri RanganAthA. Lord VaradarAjA also answered through Thirukkacchi Nampi the questions that were topmost on the mind of RaamAnujA .The many incidents relating to the Vaibhavam of AchArya RaamAnujA are summarized in the special home pages created by Srimans Achyutharaman and MadhavakkaNNan of Simhapuri and this CD ROM . The works of AchArya RaamAnujA are also covred there as well as the highlights of Bhagavad RaamAnuja Darsanam . BhakthAs are referred to these pages with the URL , http://members.tripod.com/~sri Ramanujar/ For now , we will content ourselves with a breif summary of the highlights of the Life and works of Sri RaamAnujA the like of whom we will not be able to see again . AchArya RaamAnujA's early Tuetlage at Kaanchipuram **************************************************** Sri RamAnujA studied VedAnthA first under YadhavaprakAsA at Kaanchi. When YadhavaprakAsA misintrepreted the meanings of Sruthi and Upanishadh Vaakyams , Sri RaamAnujA pointed out the correct meanings following the Sri VisishtAdhvaidhic tradition.This angered the Guru .The infuriated Guru plotted to kill RaamAnujA . Lord VaradarAja intervened and saved RaamAnujA from the jealous Guru's wrath . Meanwhile , the intellectual brilliance and the rich Saastraic Jn~Anam of RaamAnujA attracted the attention of Sri ALavandhAr , the greatst Sri VaishNava AchArya of that time , who was staying in Srirangam . ALavandhAr came to Kaanchi and prayed to Lord VaradarAjan to bless RaamAnujA to become the leading pravarthakA and nirvAhakA of Sri VishitAdhvaitha siddhAntham . ALavandhAr did not get to meet RaamAnujA in person at Kaanchi prior to his return to Srirangam .AaLavandhAr's health weakened after return to Srirangam and he reached Sri Vaikuntam without iniitating RaamAnujA in person as his successor . RaamAnujA , who had heard about the illness of ALavandhAr rushed to Srirangam to receive latter's blessings .It was however too late . When RaamAnujA saw the charama ThirumEni of AalavandhAr , he noticed that three of the fingers of the right hand were closed as if to indicate that he had three unfulfilled wishes .RaamAnujA asked the intimate disciples about those wishes . RaamAnujA was told that the three wishes were :(1) Writing of a commentary for the VyAsa Soothrams (2) Naming of two Brahmin boys with the names of ParAsarA (the author of VishNu PurANam ) and VyAsA ( the author of Brahma Soothrams and Many PurANams )and (3) the writing of a commentary for Swami NammAzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi . RaamAnujA pledged to fulfil the three wishes of AaLavandhAr with the anugraham of the divya dampathis of Kanchipuram and the folded fingers on the body of AalavandhAr suddenly opened up after hearing this pledge . All those assembled in sorrow around the chrama ThirumEni of AaLavandhar were overcome by what they witnessed and hailed RaamAnujA as the future Darsana SthApakar of Sri VisishtAdvaitham . RaamAnujA took the permission of the chief disciple of AaLavandhAr, Sri Periya Nampi ( MahA PoorNar ) and returned to Kaanchi with a heavy heart . (To Be Continued)
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