Chaturvarna
KRuShNa in the gIta says
chAturvarNyaM mayA sR^iShTaM guNakarmavibhAgashaH
tasya kartAramapi mAM viddhyakartAramavyayam. 4-13
For this shrImadAchArya has explained in his bhAshya that the chAturvarNya system mentioned by kRuShNa is not the caste system prevalent in today’s society but they are varNas of the jIva!
varNa means colour (varNa = baNNa in kannada). It’s used in the same sense of “avana baNNa bayalAyitu”
varNa is intrinsic to the jIva svarUpa of a mukti yOgya manuShya chEtana.
svabhavikO brAhmaNAdiH samAdyairEva bhidyaE yOnibhEdakrtO bhEdOjnEya
chaupAdhikastvayam. (Gita Tatparya. 4-13.)
If AchArya hadn’t shown us the truth, the Lord’s words wouldn’t have been understood as an universal statement transcending space and time.
Ref: Madhvacharya (Life and Teachings) By Bannanje Govindacharya (Kannada Original)
English version by Dr.K.Krishnamurthy & Dr.U.P.Upadhyaya
chAturvarNyaM mayA sR^iShTaM guNakarmavibhAgashaH
tasya kartAramapi mAM viddhyakartAramavyayam. 4-13
For this shrImadAchArya has explained in his bhAshya that the chAturvarNya system mentioned by kRuShNa is not the caste system prevalent in today’s society but they are varNas of the jIva!
varNa means colour (varNa = baNNa in kannada). It’s used in the same sense of “avana baNNa bayalAyitu”
varNa is intrinsic to the jIva svarUpa of a mukti yOgya manuShya chEtana.
svabhavikO brAhmaNAdiH samAdyairEva bhidyaE yOnibhEdakrtO bhEdOjnEya
chaupAdhikastvayam. (Gita Tatparya. 4-13.)
If AchArya hadn’t shown us the truth, the Lord’s words wouldn’t have been understood as an universal statement transcending space and time.
Ref: Madhvacharya (Life and Teachings) By Bannanje Govindacharya (Kannada Original)
English version by Dr.K.Krishnamurthy & Dr.U.P.Upadhyaya
arva-shabdha vAchyatva
It was only AchArya madhva who said every syllable, every sound in this universe is a name of God.
The sound that the lizard makes is similar to the sound humans make when they are astonished. AchArya says that sound of the lizard tells us how wonderful this creation of the Lord is and should make us realise His greatness.
bahu chitra jagat bahudAkaraNat
parashaktiranaMta guNah paramaH (dvAdasha stOtra)
ShrImadAcharya was the only one said every vEda mantra ultimately refers to paramAtma hari only.
Shankaracharya rejects a huge chunk of vEdas and upanishats that don’t support his theory of advaita as “atatvavEdaka” .
Ramanujacharya says that specific veda mantras refer to specific deities only.
Where as AchArya madhva says every part of the vEda talks about paramAtma only and everything is tatvavEdaka.
This is an unique contribution
Ref: Discourses of Shri Bannanje Govindacharya
The sound that the lizard makes is similar to the sound humans make when they are astonished. AchArya says that sound of the lizard tells us how wonderful this creation of the Lord is and should make us realise His greatness.
bahu chitra jagat bahudAkaraNat
parashaktiranaMta guNah paramaH (dvAdasha stOtra)
ShrImadAcharya was the only one said every vEda mantra ultimately refers to paramAtma hari only.
Shankaracharya rejects a huge chunk of vEdas and upanishats that don’t support his theory of advaita as “atatvavEdaka” .
Ramanujacharya says that specific veda mantras refer to specific deities only.
Where as AchArya madhva says every part of the vEda talks about paramAtma only and everything is tatvavEdaka.
This is an unique contribution
Ref: Discourses of Shri Bannanje Govindacharya
Social role in sAdhane
kRuShNa in the gItA says:
ArurukShOrmunEryOgam karma kAraNamucyatE |
yOgArUDhasya tasyaiva shamaH kAraNamucyatE || 6 - 3 ||
kRuShNa gives the guidelines for those who have obtained aparOkSha and those who are striving for the same.
For this verse of the gIta, AchArya madhva gives an extraordinary definition to the concept of karma.
He says karma is “nAnA janasya shushrUSha” or serving different people is karma for those who are striving in the path of mOkSha sAdhane!
Our dearest AchArya gave a new dimension to the social face of sAdhane which none of the pUrva AchAryas thought of! Social service is one of the most important aspects of spiritual upliftment.
Ref: Discourse on the gIta (chapter 6) by Shri Bannanje Govindacharya.
ArurukShOrmunEryOgam karma kAraNamucyatE |
yOgArUDhasya tasyaiva shamaH kAraNamucyatE || 6 - 3 ||
kRuShNa gives the guidelines for those who have obtained aparOkSha and those who are striving for the same.
For this verse of the gIta, AchArya madhva gives an extraordinary definition to the concept of karma.
He says karma is “nAnA janasya shushrUSha” or serving different people is karma for those who are striving in the path of mOkSha sAdhane!
Our dearest AchArya gave a new dimension to the social face of sAdhane which none of the pUrva AchAryas thought of! Social service is one of the most important aspects of spiritual upliftment.
Ref: Discourse on the gIta (chapter 6) by Shri Bannanje Govindacharya.
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