It is my privilege to translate into English the epistle (“arul mozhi”) on Paramapada Sopanam written in Tamizh by HH Mukkur Azhagiyasingar. Part-1 and 2 in this series published in “Vainavan Kural” appeared earlier in the January and February 2023 issue which can also be accessed at the links below. The final part-3 is reproducedContinue reading ““Stairway to Salvation” – Part- 3 of 3: My English Translation of the 44th Azhagiyasingar’s epistle in Tamil on “parama pada sopanam” of Sri Vedanta Desika”
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The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-56
The animus that has been existing between the two Sri Vaishnava sects for more than half a century shows little sign of abating even today i.e. in the first two decades of the 21st century CE… and most certainly not at all in the principal Tenkalai and Vadakalai temples of Tamil Nadu viz. Sri RangamContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-56″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-55
In this section in the little-known c.1960s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas” the subject dealt with by Doraiswami Iyengar is the rather delicate and controversial question of Idolatry which according to him has become almost a defining characteristic of the modern Sri Vaishnava identity. Once again a brief explanatory note is being penned belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-55″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54
Failing to effectively repel hostile calumny and criticisms by other schools of Hindu religion against Sri Vaishnavism. In this section of Doraiswamy Iyengar’s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas”, another facet of “ubaya-vedanta” in the post-Indian Independence era gets critically examined. Lest the passages written by Doraiswamy Iyengar are misunderstood or misinterpreted, I offer belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-53
Concoction of undesirable biography of Ramanujacharya. The harshest criticism against Sri Vaishnavas found in the Doraiswamy Iyengar-pamphlet has been reserved for vast body of the community’s canonical literature developed and written over half-a-century since the time of Ramanujacharya, Vedanta Desika and Manavaala Maamuni. The literature is available even today in Sanskrit, Mani Pravalam and TamilContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-53″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-52
While the editorial published in the May 2022 issue of “The Voice of Sri Vaishnavas” (“vainavan kural“) dealt with the question of present-day Sri Vaishnava identity in polite, gingerly, and rather very general and superficial terms, the c. 1960s pamphlet of M.A Doraiswamy Iyengar titled “Sri Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas” was far more nuanced, forthrightContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-52″
“Walking the Talk” – Japanese and Indian styles: A study in contrast
A friend of mine forwarded me this morning a note on “Ten Japanese concepts that will improve your life”. I share it below. They are truly very wise and profound , these Japanese Concepts and Doctrines of living . 1: “Oubaitori” Never compare yourself. Everyone blossoms in their own time in different ways. 2: “Kaizen”.Continue reading ““Walking the Talk” – Japanese and Indian styles: A study in contrast”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-28
“The first expedition of the English East India Company (EEIC) to India was led by William Hawkyns, who landed in Surat on 24 August 1608 CE…. And thus began endless bloody wars between Islam and British Imperialism on India’s soil…. Many wars followed in the following two hundred and fifty years that ultimately gave theContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-28″
“Words of Wisdom” from Sri Mukkur Azhagiyasingar “arul mozhigal”: A TIFF OVER TIFFIN!
It was my privilege to translate into English the Tamil epistle of HH Sri Mukkur Azhasingar, the 44th Pontiff of Sri Ahobila Mutt, on “A Tiff over Tiffin” (“saapaattu sandai”) and it has been published in the June 2022 issue of “VAINAVAN KURAL ”, “Spiritual English Monthly magazine” published from Chennai. Sudarshan Madabushi
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 20
There can be no doubt that it was the Sri Rangam hinterland that bore the far greater brunt of the Ghaznivid and Malik Kafur depredations than Kanchipuram. (Please see the map in Part-18). The state of ruin and penury to which the Vishnu temples in the southern provinces in and around the Sri Rangam templeContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 20″