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Dear BhakthAs: We are adding 50 Q&A as well as
a write up on the Life and works of AchArya RaamAnujA
for the CD ROM prior to release to BhakthAs eagerly 
waiitng to receive them.Her eis the input from adiyEn
on the Life and works of Sri RaamAnujA for the CD ROM .
Since the article is longish for the sake of completeness
of coverage of the subject matter , adiyEn will post it
in few parts.
V.Sadagopan 
SRI:

ChaithrArdhrA sambhavam VishNO: darsana sthApanOthsukam I
ThuNDIramaNdalE utthitham Seshamoorthim RaamAnujam BhajE II

AchArya RaamAnujA born as the incarnation of AdhisEshan
********************************************************

AchArya RaamAnujA was born in ThoNdai Naadu as
the son of Sri BhUmi Piratti and Aasurikula Tilakam ,
Sri Kesava SomayAji at PerumbhUdhUr on a PingaLa Year ,
Chitthirai Month, Sukla Paksha Panchami day , when
ArudhrA constellation ( ThiruvAdhirai ) was in
ascendance . This PingaLA year in the western calendar
is 1017 A.D. Thirumalai Nampi , a renowned sishyar of
AaLavandhAr was the child's uncle . He recognized
that the child is an avthAram of Adhi Seshan ;he also
recognized that the child is going to become a great
Sri VaishNavite AchAryan .Hence , Thirumalai nampi
gave the name of RaamAnujan to the new born child .
This child lived for 120 years on this earth and
during its rich life systematized and established
on a firm footing the doctrines of VisishtAdvaithA,
which have been expounded earlier by BodhAyanA ,
DramidA and TankA and elaborated by Nathamuni
and AaLavandhAr .

The divine recogniton of Sri RaamAnujA's contributions
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AchArya RaamAnujA was recognized for his monumental
contributions to Sri ViasishtAdvaitha Darsanam in his
own life time by the Divya Dampathis of Srirangam,Kaanchi ,
ThirunArAyaNapuram , ANDAL of SrivilliputthUr and
Devi Sarasvathi through their conferring of the titles of
Udayavar ,Sri BhashyakArar nd amny other honprs .
AchArya RaamAnujA was also addressed as Ilaya PerumAl
by his sishyAs . Further , Lord VaradarAjA initiated
RaamAnujA into SanyAsaasramam and conferred
on him the title of YathirAjan at that time . Lord VaradarAjA
reluctantly gave RaamAnujA later as a gift to Sri RanganAthA. Lord
VaradarAjA also answered through Thirukkacchi Nampi the questions
that were topmost on the mind of RaamAnujA .The many incidents
relating to the Vaibhavam of AchArya RaamAnujA are summarized
in the special home pages created by Srimans Achyutharaman
and MadhavakkaNNan of Simhapuri and this CD ROM . The works of
AchArya RaamAnujA are also covred there as well as the highlights of
Bhagavad RaamAnuja Darsanam . BhakthAs are referred to these
pages with the URL , http://members.tripod.com/~sri Ramanujar/
For now , we will content ourselves with a breif summary
of the highlights of the Life and works of Sri RaamAnujA
the like of whom we will not be able to see again .

AchArya RaamAnujA's early Tuetlage at Kaanchipuram
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Sri RamAnujA studied VedAnthA first under YadhavaprakAsA
at Kaanchi. When YadhavaprakAsA misintrepreted the meanings
of Sruthi and Upanishadh Vaakyams , Sri RaamAnujA pointed
out the correct meanings following the Sri VisishtAdhvaidhic
tradition.This angered the Guru .The infuriated Guru plotted
to kill RaamAnujA . Lord VaradarAja intervened and saved RaamAnujA
from the jealous Guru's wrath . Meanwhile , the intellectual
brilliance and the rich Saastraic Jn~Anam of RaamAnujA
attracted the attention of Sri ALavandhAr , the greatst
Sri VaishNava AchArya of that time , who was staying in
Srirangam . ALavandhAr came to Kaanchi and prayed to
Lord VaradarAjan to bless RaamAnujA to become the leading
pravarthakA and nirvAhakA of Sri VishitAdhvaitha siddhAntham .
ALavandhAr did not get to meet RaamAnujA in person at Kaanchi
prior to his return to Srirangam .AaLavandhAr's health
weakened after return to Srirangam and he reached Sri Vaikuntam
without iniitating RaamAnujA in person as his successor .
RaamAnujA , who had heard about the illness of ALavandhAr
rushed to Srirangam to receive latter's blessings .It was
however too late .

When RaamAnujA saw the charama ThirumEni of AalavandhAr ,
he noticed that three of the fingers of the right hand
were closed as if to indicate that he had three
unfulfilled wishes .RaamAnujA asked the intimate disciples
about those wishes . RaamAnujA was told that the three wishes
were:(1) Writing of a commentary for the VyAsa Soothrams
(2) Naming of two Brahmin boys with the names of ParAsarA
(the author of VishNu PurANam ) and VyAsA ( the author of
Brahma Soothrams and Many PurANams )and (3) the writing of
a commentary for Swami NammAzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi . RaamAnujA
pledged to fulfil the three wishes of AaLavandhAr with
the anugraham of the divya dampathis of Kanchipuram and
the folded fingers on the body of AalavandhAr suddenly
opened up after hearing this pledge . All those assembled
in sorrow around the chrama ThirumEni of AaLavandhar
were overcome by what they witnessed and hailed RaamAnujA
as the future Darsana SthApakar of Sri VisishtAdvaitham .
RaamAnujA took the permission of the chief disciple of AaLavandhAr,
Sri Periya Nampi ( MahA PoorNar ) and returned to Kaanchi
with a heavy heart .

(To Be Continued)





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