Dwaita Advaitha

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28122, 854 PM "Diference is Real"- Hinduism Tooay “Difference is Real!” hinduismtoday.com/magazineljuly-august-september-2008/2008-07-difference-is-eal July 4, 2008, The Life and Teachings of Sri Madhva, One of India’s Greatest Spiritual Masters By Jeffrey Armstrong Picture a man of powerful physique, a champion wrestler, who could eat hundreds of bananas in one sitting, Imagine a guru who was observed to lead his students into a river, walk them across the bottom and out the other side. Is this a modern action hero? No, itis one of the most controversial and influential Vedantic acharyas in India’s modern history. Add to his qualities that he was an unparalleled Sanskrit riptures to mastery level by the age of eighteen, a powerful debater who openly and publicly challenged all views, and a mountain climber who, after fasting for 48 days, trekked to Badarik Ashram, high in the Himalayas, to meet the eternal Rishi Vedavyasa and receive his teachings. Allow me to introduce Shri Madhvacharya—also known as Vasudeva, Purnaprajna and Anandatirtha—the famous founder of the Dvaita school of Vedanta and the Brahma cholar who knew tht hitpsshwwchinduismtoday.com/magazineluy-august-september-2008/2008-07-

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