Ramanujacharya - The great Philosopher and Social Reformer

[Sudhaama]

Sudhaamaji
I thought the reference to monkey's back was made by Adi Sankara and Ramanuja's guru just repeated it?

Yes... Some of the unbiased Philosophical Scholars say so.

Interesting wonder how Adi Sankara got away with that.

Does this reflect any difference in their view on God? Adi Sankara showing gods presents in everything good or bad where as young (i assume the thinker in ramanuja is still blosoming at that stage) sees God only in Goods of the world.

No. We should not take it in the angle of Good and Bad. Such an outlook has nothing to do here..

In fact... personally speaking, I do not believe that the Great Adhi Sankaracharya a Divine Awathara would have personally meant such a sickly sense..... Cannot be.

He was such an Invincible Scholar that many of the Controversies, Intricacies and Disputes on multiple Philosophies of the day he could unravel remarkably and solve amicably in a commonly convincing manner..

.. even independantly challenging and vehemently countering the various highly authoritative scholars of other Faiths and Sub- Religious Sects as well as Innumerable varieties of Beliefs ...in those days...

Thus corrected and put an end to several MUCH CONFUSIVE Theories and Philosophies... for a Commonman .of any time.

In his several other texts invariably, Sankaracharya has interpreted the word PANKAJA-LOCHANA another similar word on Vishnu... conveying its CORRECT AND PROPER meaning as Lotus-Eyed Narayana... in the true sense..

And Nowhere he has meant Lord Narayana's Eyes as MARKATAKA- PRISHTA- LOCHANA....(which means Monkey's-buttocks-eyed.)... as ridiculously described the word KAPYAASAM (KAPI + AASAM, Kapi = Monkey; Aasam + Buttocks)

His nuancic interpretations in Sahasranama- Bhashyam, Sankara- Bhashyam, Geetha- Bhashyam and the like,

... picturises his high intellectual GRANDEUR, which cannot stoop down so low to compare the divine Eyes with a dirty Simile... INCREDIBLE.! .

I take it... as the personal view and misinterpretation on his own by the Ramanuja's Guru, Yadhava-Prakasa, although an Adhwaithi disciple of Sankaracharya.

Further I do not relish to elaborate on this Cheap comparason with the Divinity... whoever may be the author concerned.

But I am prepared to describe on the other sense by Ramanuja... a healthy comparison ... if anybody asks for.