Madhvacharya Puns

Where can I read more about the three acharyas and their teachings? Is there a good book or website that directly compares and contrasts them?

In general, what is the best way of going about studying their teachings? Also, I am interested in better understanding the historical context each existed in - for example I heard that they wanted to spread certain teachings in part to protect Hindu conversions (?) to Buddhism, a religion encroaching from the North. What is the best way to learn more about the historical context of their teachings?

Thank you.

Hello!

I chanced across the ideas of Madhvacharya and other thinkers of Hinduism recently.

In a book called "The Handy Religion Answer Book" (I know the title sounds juvenile, hear me out), the author mentions philosophies related to eternal damnation that feature in some 'small sects' of Hinduism.

I was intrigued - but I can't find information beyond the philosophies of Madhvacharya.

So two questions -

A) Anyone know of other sects that propose ideas of eternal damnation and/or predestination?

I know some Vishishtadvait scholars claim that those who deny God through 'nastika' schools will get 'jad' bodies - ie lose chances at liberation for a very, very long time (not 'naraka' thought).

B) Any good books that details such sects of Hinduism? Most take a very broad look and I would like more detailed looks at known sects- here's an example of what I'd be interested - 'Cults, Sects, and New Religions' by James R. Lewis.

There's one thing I respect about Madhavacharya at first glance - he didn't rely on the idea of 'divine revelation' for his position. He used logic and scripture. I can respect that.

(Unless he did claim divine revelation - are there any gurus/'cult leaders' of heterodox traditions that you know of that are like this? Seems more limited to some Christian traditions - no offense. I'm just interested in such phenomenon).

Best wishes to all

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Listening to some talks by Paramahamsa Hariharananda, who always speaks of attaining the divinity within and the swami order of sannyasis who are generally advaitins, I assume it is.

However, at the bottom, there is a thread of thought that goes into observing the breath and submitting to the will of the lord by saying his name, which is in a sense along the sharanagati lines of the visishtadvaitins.

Christianity, Islam and Vaishnavism are both in some sense surrender oriented, but saying "I am god" and understanding the divinity within is somewhat Shaivism oriented and more towards advaita.

I suppose kriyayoga as a system is impartial to these things because as guru Lahiri mahasaya mentions to not forego ones dharma and that it can act entirely within your belief system.

However from observation most well known kriyayogis seem to be of the advaitic sort. Ramanuja, Vedanta desika, Tukkaram, madhvacharya etc rely on praying to the lord to influence the world around them rather than performing the actions themselves. Raghavendra, Saibaba etc are perhaps also on this list but harder to categorize.

Maybe I'm mixing up different things, I would love some criticism and some of your opinions.

They’re on standbi

So, I'm from India, and had been an atheist for a long time, primarily because I was not convinced that there is any proof for the existence of God. I was not seriously seeking answers or anything, I just wasn't really bothered then. But during my engineering days, I came across a group that practiced Gaudiya Vaishnavism, which is a subset of Vaishnavism (primarily, the belief that Vishnu or his incarnations are the Supreme Lord). Gaudiya Vaishnavism holds that Krishna is the Supreme Lord, and that Vishnu is one of his expansions. I initially attended their discourses, and through a mixture of somewhat convincing answers, my own newly ignited curiosity, and in general the good quality of the devotees, I took to the practice whole-heartedly. I was then a strict theist for four years, after which I wanted to leave the group, because I found it too restrictive. Restriction in terms of what music one can listen to, in terms of what books that one can read and so on. I found the principles difficult to follow. I was also curious to explore other philosophies such as Western, Buddhism, Shaivism and that too from their own sources, rather than what devotees had to say, because there'll naturally be bias. After I left, I'm still in touch with some of them, and they're more like usual friends, and are not fanatic enough to push their thoughts on me. My position now is that of an agnostic, because I'm not sure whether God exists (including non-scriptural) or not. I'm currently reading Russell's History of Western Philosophy (read till Spinoza) and am going to read Anthony Kenny's next.

So, one of the friends that I'm still in touch with (two years senior to me from my college), is a practicing monk and is open to any sort of questions. He is also learning Sanskrit and in general, I regard him to be more reasonably versed in Vedas than me. I recently had a lot of discussion with him regarding God, Vedas etc. and wanted to hear your take/perspective on this. The questions are by me and answers by him (mostly from memory); I told him to forget that I had been a practicing devotee and answer my questions anew.

Q1. How do you know that there is a God? Where's the evidence for such an entity?

A. Evidence of God can be realized only through personal experience, which is based on faith on God and his word (scriptures). Since God is by definition non-material, we cannot perceive him (let's refer to him for brevity) through our senses or instruments (i.e. through the in

Pilot on me!!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac