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Welcome to learning Visistaadvaita Shree Vaishnava philosophy and practice by web tutorial. This course does not require the reader to have knowledge in Sanskrit or Tamil or in philosophy. Sanskrit / Tamil terms used will be translated and explained at all places in lucid English in these lessons.

"Visistaadvaita" Shree Vaishnava Philosophy and Practice - Tutorial

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Introduction to Sri Vaishnava Philosophy

The philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism is known in Sanskrit as Visistadvaita . The term literally means ``non-duality of Reality as characterized by attributes.'' As a classical expression of Vedanta (the philosophical basis for much of Hinduism), the goal of Visistadvaita philosophy is to understand and experience Brahman, the One Blissful Reality who is the all-pervasive ground and sustenance of the universe -- the string upon whom all pearls are threaded. http://www.ramanuja.org/intro.html
http://www.namperumal.com/namperumalvijayam.html This web site is created with a view to digitize all the works of our Purvacharyas. These works will be presented with the original commentary (moolam) followed by a "modern" Tamil translation of the same.

Purvacharya works library

Sri Nathamuni was born in 824 CE in the village called Viranarayana in Kattumannar Koil near Chidambaram, in the month of Ani and star Anusham. His father was Isvarabhatta and he had a son by name Isvaramuni. http://alwarsandacharyas.blogspot.com/

Acharyas and Alwars

Sri Ramanuja (1017 - 1137 CE), the most important philosopher-saint of Sri Vaishnavam and one of the most dynamic characters of Hinduism.

Sripad Ramanujacharya

http://www.salagram.net/parishad6.htm

Hindu philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hindu philosophy is divided into six āstika ( Sanskrit : आस्तिक "orthodox") schools of thought, [ 1 ] or darśanas (दर्शनस्, "views"), which accept the Vedas as supreme revealed scriptures. Three other nāstika ( नास्तिक "heterodox") schools do not accept the Vedas as authoritative. The āstika schools are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_philosophy
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The surprising usefulness of sloppy arithmetic

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/fuzzy-logic-0103.html Ask a computer to add 100 and 100, and its answer will be 200. But what if it sometimes answered 202, and sometimes 199, or any other number within about 1 percent of the correct answer?

The Hindu : Open Page : Choose the cereal that suits you

Being a nutritionist, I am able to give the low-down on cereals which are greatly misunderstood as just ‘carbs' and, therefore, partly or totally avoided by dieters, I mean ‘reducing dieters'! http://www.hindu.com/op/2010/12/05/stories/2010120550021400.htm
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How to Use Your Brain in a Crisis : Discovery News

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The Hindustan Times carried a small news item the other day that, depending on your perspective, is good news or a sign of the apocalypse.

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