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Ramananda is credited as the author of many devotional poems, but like most Bhakti movement poets, whether he actually was the author of these poems is unclear. Two treatises in Hindi, Gyan-lila and Yog-cintamani are also attributed to Ramananda, as are the Sanskrit works Vaishnava Matabja Bhaskara and the Ramarchana Paddhati. [10]
Swami Ramanand (born Rama Sharma) was born into a Brahmin family in Ayodhya in Vikram Samvat 1795 (1738 AD). His parents were Ajay Sharma (father) and Sumati (mother). He was considered to be the incarnation of Uddhava, a close friend of Krishna.
Ramananda's guru Raghavananda is described as an egalitarian guru who taught students of all castes. Ramananda himself is described as an avatar of Rama, a humble student with great yogic talents. Munsi Ram Sharma says that more than 500 disciples of Ramananda who lives with him in Varanasi. [25] It is said that propagator of Ramanadi tradition ...
Despite taking Sannyassa or the pledge of renunciation, Swami Ramananda continued to work with the members of the Khedgikar family on his paternal side. His younger brother Bhimrao Bhagvanrao Khedgikar was a renowned educator who settled in the town of Ambajogai, Maharashtra on Swamiji's suggestion and worked with Swami Ramananda to help establish the Shri Yogeshwari Shikshan Sanstha.
First chapter is known as Tattva-Nirūpaṇam, deals with the Tattva Trayam, i.e. Prakriti, Jiva and Parmatman. [6]Second chapter is known as Japyanirdhāraṇanirūpaṇam, deals with three main mantras in the lineage of Sri Rama Mantraraja, i.e. Rama Shadakshara Mantra (rāṃa rāmāya namaḥ), Dvaya Mantra (śrīmadrāmacandracharaṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye, śrīmate rāmacandrāya ...
Chatterjee was born in a middle class Bengali Hindu Brahmin family, the third child to Srinath Chattopadhyay and Harasundari Devi in the village of Pathakpara in the district of Bankura.
I suggest that the best place for the revisionist material on the nature of Ramananda himself (including what he may have taught) would best go in the article on him. The history of the sect itself, and the schism with the Ramanujis, is appropriate for the article on the sect. Repeating too much information about Ramananda in the article does ...
Ramananda led to the Vaishnav Bhakti Movement in north, east, central and west India. This movement draws its philosophical and theistic basis from Vishishtadvaita . A large number of devotional Vaishnavism traditions of east India, north India (particularly the Braj region), west and central India are based on various sub-schools of Bhedabheda ...