#ramanuja

[vishnu-art]

☀ SHRILA RAMANUJACHARYA ॐ ☀

“Om Namo Narayanaya” is the main mantra of Sri Vaishnavism. This once secret mantra was originally made available to the world through the grace of Ramanuja Acharya.“

[onancientpaths]

Ramanuja (vs Hume et. al.): "...the essential character of consciousness or knowledge is that by its very existence it renders things capable of becoming objects...of thought and speech. This consciousness...is a particular attribute belonging to a conscious self and related to an object; as such it is known to every one on the testimony of his own self--as appears from ordinary judgments such as 'I know the jar,' 'I understand this matter,' 'I am conscious of (the presence of) this piece of cloth.'

...we clearly see that this agent (the subject of consciousness) is permanent (constant), while its attribute, i.e., consciousness, not differing herein from joy, grief, and the like, rises, persists for some time, and then comes to an end. The permanency of the conscious subject is proved by the fact of recognition, 'This very same thing was formerly apprehended by me.'

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...But the fact is that the state of consciousness presents itself as something apart, constituting a distinguishing attribute of the I, just as the stick is an attribute of Devadatta who carries it. The judgment 'I am conscious' reveals an 'I' disginguished by consciousness; and to declare that it refers only to a state of consciousness--which is a mere attribute--is no better than to say that the judgment 'Devadatta carries a stick' is about the stick only..."

[hinducosmos]

Ramanuja the Vaishnava Saint Artist: S. Rajam (1919 – 2010) Watercolor painting

Ramanuja was a Hindu theologian, philosopher, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. He was born in a Tamil Br?hmin family in the village of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement. (via Kauai’s Hindu Monastery and Himalayan Academy)

[arjuna-vallabha]

Ramanujacharya (c. 1017–1137 CE) at Srirangam temple, Tamil Nadu

[vishnu-art]

☀ SHRILA RAMANUJACHARYA ॐ ☀

“Om Namo Narayanaya” is the main mantra of Sri Vaishnavism. This once secret mantra was originally made available to the world through the grace of Ramanuja Acharya.

[vishnu-art]

☀ SHRILA RAMANUJACHARYA ॐ ☀

“Om Namo Narayanaya” is the main mantra of Sri Vaishnavism. This once secret mantra was originally made available to the world through the grace of Ramanuja Acharya.

[vishnu-art]

☀ SHRILA RAMANUJACHARYA ॐ ☀ "I take refuge at the feet of Shri Ramanuja, our venerable master, who, during the dark night of the impersonal conception of divinity, carried the torch light of knowledge and thus illuminated the path of devotion to the Personality of Godhead."

[vishnu-art]

☀  𝐒𝐑𝐈 𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐀   ☀

“I take refuge at the feet of Shri Ramanuja, our venerable master, who, during the dark night of the impersonal conception of divinity, carried the torch light of knowledge and thus illuminated the path of devotion to the Personality of Godhead. “