Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
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their salvation. The soul has to comprehend this Inner Reality, rid itself
of the three-fold miseries of life and merge in the infinite bliss of the
eternal sanctity of God. This is moksha. This is a communion with God,
not a realization of complete identity.
Other Acharyas of the Vishnavite tradition are:
• Nathamuni (823-923 AD)
• Yamunacary(916-1036 AD)
• Parasara
• Bhattar
• Pillan
• Sudarsanasuri and
• Rangaramanuja
The gross errors of Advaita are overcome by Ramanuja by giving the full
inhomogenity within Brahman. The Brahman, according to this
philosophy, is not attributeless but it is full of attributes. Brahman is
Sarvaguna, possessing infinite number of attributes. But these are
selective qualities like jnana (knowledge), bala (strength), veerya
(courageousness), shakti (power), tejas (brilliance), satyakama (desire of
good), satyasamkalpa, kaarunya (merciful compassion) etc. Brahman is
the antithesis of all imperfections and negative qualities, like anger, pain,
hunger, death, evil, sin, sickness and so on. Brahman is eternal, pervades
all, is the cause of the entire creation. Being the creator Brahman is the
only Independent Entity and the Support of the other two entities in the
cosmos viz., souls (Jiva) and the material world (Jagat). Since there was
nothing outside of Brahman, the created is also part of the creator but
distinct from it.
There are three entities Chit, Achit and Iswara. There is unity in this
trinity. The cosmos is the body of the Lord. Ishwara is the head of the
cosmos whole Cosmos, the entire universe, is the body of Brahman.
Brahman is like Man because Man was created in the Image of Brahman.
In Man, Jiva is in this body (Sarira). Jiva is the Saririn (in-body) while
the body is the Sarira. Brahman is the Lord. Jivas are His servants. While