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Sri Madhwacharya

 

Context:

 

  • The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi paid his obeisances to Sri Madhwacharya on the occasion of Madhwa Navami.
  • He has also shared a video of his speech which he delivered on the occasion of 7th Centenary Celebrations of Jagadguru Madhwacharya, in February 2017

 

 

About:

 

  • Shri Madhvacharya was born to Narayana Bhatta andΒ VedavatiΒ inΒ Pajaka, a small place nearΒ Udupi. He was born in 1238, on the auspicious day ofΒ Vijayadashami, and he was namedΒ Vasudeva.
  • He was the third of theΒ trinity of philosophersΒ who influenced Indian thoughts after the ages of the Vedas and Puranas (the other two beingΒ Shankaracharya and Ramanujacharya)
  • He propounded the philosophy ofΒ Dwaita or Dualism.
  • He was initiated intoΒ sanyasttvaΒ byΒ Achyutapreksha
  • At the time of initiation, he was given the nameΒ Purnaprajna. It was alsoΒ AchyutaprekshaΒ who gave him the title β€˜Madhva’ by which he was more famously known.
  • Madhvacharya wrote commentaries on several important Hindu holy texts, including the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutra.
  • He wrote various texts that detailed his philosophy which he calledΒ Tattvavada, or as it is more popularly known,Β Dvaita. Some of his works were theΒ Gita Bhashya, Brahma Sutra Bhashya, Anu Bhashya, Karma Nirnaya, and Vishnu Tattva Nirnaya.

 

About Dvaita philosophy

  • The basic tenet of Dvaita philosophy is the refutation of the Mayavada of Sri Shankara.
  • Dvaitha emphasizes that the world is real and not just an illusion.
  • The soul is bound to this world through ignorance
  • The way for the soul to release itself from this bondage is to seek the grace of Sri Hari
  • To reach Sri Hari, one has to practice Bhakthi, there is no other way
  • To practice Bhakthi, one needs to meditate
  • To meditate, one needs to clear the mind and attain detachment by studying the sacred texts.

Source: THE HINDU.

 

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