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conceived to be one source of information for all Mandayam Iyengars.
The site has information on our history, religion, people, activities
and place.
Our
Mission
To bring all Mandayam Iyengars in the world together by
creating
a central information resource that delineates our community's history,
religion, origin and current activities.
Mandayam Community Tree
In 1981 when the first official Mandayam Community Tree was published with
tremendous amount of work and dedication by key community elders, it was a great achievement. In
2007 the official Mandayam Community Tree is updated with all the new
additions and changes that have occurred over the past 26 years. These will soon be available for sale
in both print version and on a CD, from the Mandayam Srivaishnava
Sabha. For a limited time, the Mandayam Sabha will allow access
to the Mandayam Community Tree without any need for a password. Click here
to view the latest charts on the Mandayam Website for free as always.
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continue to visit for information on the community.
For all the Mandayam Sabha
Activity details held recently go to the Current Activities.
Phiolosophy of Ramanuja
Posted by: sarojram18@yahoo.com
Chapter5-Hitha- How to get the knowledge of reality
Section 1- The means to the goal
We have seen so far the nature of three realities, Thathvathraya ,
namely, Brahman, Jagath and jeeva., otherwise known as Isvara, achith
and chith, God, soul and matter. The entire philosophy of
visishtadvaita comprises of thathva, hitha and purshartha, the truth,
the way and the goal. We shall now see the second principle, namely,
hitha, or the means to attain the goal.
There are four ways which lead to the goal. They are, jnana, karma,
bhakthi and prapatthi. These are not however mutually exclusive of one
another. One leads to another and followed simultaneously. This can be
explained as follows.
Knowledge, jnana, of Brahman as the inner self of the individual self
that forms the body of Brahman dispels the ignorance that arises out of
the mistaken identification of oneself with the body. Then the sensual
desires cease to affect the individual and he develops detachment,
vairagya, which is born out of viveka, discrimination between real and
unreal. This naturally leads the individual to seek the Lord and he
acquires bhakthi, which is , according to Ramanuja is Dhruvasmrthi,
uninterrupted contemplation of the Lord, like the dripping of oil,
thailaDhaaravat. Then the devotee does all his karma as an offering to
God which is karmayoga. This culminates into total surrender or
parapatthi. All this are not different stages that are achieved
successively but simultaneous like the piercing of the petals of a
lotus with a needle, which, though strictly speaking, is successive
operation but due to the fineness of the texture it is simultaneous.
What could be the cause of vairagya, which is the first requisite of a
seeker, mumukshu? At first the individual performs actions, ritualistic
or others impelled by desire. After some time or some lives there comes
a stage when he sees that all the worldly joys are fleeting and always
accompanied by sorrow. Then he strives to attain eternal happiness and
turns to spirituality. He starts enquiring into the real nature of the
world and himself. Armed with the knowledge of sasthras and through
contemplation he comes to know that the one and only reality is the
Supreme self , the inner self of all, the Brahman of the Upanishads
synonymous with Narayana of Visishtadvaita. This is jnana. The more and
more he thinks of the Lord, hears His stories and repeat His name , the
more and more he comes to love the Lord who is the real self of all.
This is bhakthi. With no desires of his own he starts performing all
the actions as the service to the Lord. This is karmayoga. bhakthi that
has no expectations becomes prapatthi, total surrender.
Mandayam
Community is
spread out around the globe. As the Internet is becoming more
and
more central for information access and sharing, we endevour to utilise
it in sharing our community interests.
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North American Mandayam Group
Ram Sriram from Toronto Canada has started a new Yahoo group for all
Mandayams in the North American continent. Visit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MandayamIyengars/. The first Newsletter
is available on Mandayam site at the Current Activities.
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