Hinduism_ A Christian Heresy

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<strong>Hinduism</strong>: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 209 II -VISHISTA ADVAITA - MODIFIED MONISM The chief proponent of this philosophy was Ramanuja. Sri Ramanuja was born in 1017 AD (1017-1137 AD) The basic philosophy was however first proposed by Sri Nathamuni at least a century before him. Ramanuja gave it its systematic form as it is today. Ramanuja (also known as Ilaya Perumal) was born to Kesava Perumal Somayaji Dikhsitar and Kanthimathi Ammal at Sriperum pudur, Tamil Nadu, India. He was born in Kaliyuga year 4119 which corresponds to1017 AD. He organized temple worship, founded centres to disseminate his doctrine of devotion to Visnu and Siva, and provided the intellectual basis for the practice of bhakti, or devotional worship. His theology of Non-dualism is exactly same as the concept of Eastern Churches. It conceives of a Personal God with infinite divine attributes and infinite varieties of auspicious forms. He, however, is the single Conscious Entity that has all matter and all the souls as His body. He has infinite compassion for the souls and so He is greatly concerned about
<strong>Hinduism</strong>: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 210 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
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