Swami Ramanand
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Swami Ramanand (born Rama Sharma) to a
Vaishnava which was first propounded by Ramanuja several centuries earlier. In his travels to Srirangam in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him diksha (initiation) in a dream and appointed him in his line as an acharya.[2] Ramanand Swami then travelled West to Saurastra to spread the philosophy of Ramanuja. Before dying in 1858, Ramanand Swami passed the reins of the Uddhava Sampradaya to Swaminarayan
.
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Swaminarayan and initiation
Ramanand Swami was the guru of Swaminarayan.[citation needed]
Swaminarayan (then Ghanshyam Pande) left his home at age 11 on 28 June 1792 after the death of both his parents. He began a journey across
Pancaratra (the four primary schools of Hinduism).[5]
To find an ashram that correctly practised the meaning of these four primary schools of Hinduism, he asked the following five questions on the basic
Vaishnava Vedanta
categories:
- What is jīva?
- What is Īśvara?
- What is Maya?
- What is Brahman?
- What is Parā brahman?
While on his journey, Nilkanth Varni mastered
Ramanand Swami who answered the five questions satisfactorily. He then persuaded Nilkanth Varni to stay to get an opportunity to meet Ramanand Swami, whose disciple Nilkanth Varni later became.[6]
References
- Footnotes
- ISBN 9788183240529. Retrieved 13 June 2009. Page 17
- ISBN 0-521-65279-0.
- ^ Williams 2001, pp. 17
- ^ "Nilkanth Varni". Archived from the original on 30 June 2009.
- ^ Williams 2001, pp. 15
- ^ Williams 2001, pp. 75
- Bibliography
Raymond Brady Williams (2001). An introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 19 April 2009. Swaminarayan temple Cardiff.