That is to say, the form of Vishnuism which Râmânuja made one of the principal religions of India claims to be the teaching of the Upanishads, although he also affiliates himself to the Bhâgavatas.
Thus the great Vishnuite doctor Râmânuja states authoritatively "The incontrovertible fact then is as follows: The Lord who is known from the Vedânta texts .
The followers of Râmânuja are at present divided into two schools known as Tengalais and Vadagalais, or southern and northern.
Râmânuja preaches the worship of a loving God, though when we read that God produces and reabsorbs the universe in sport, we find that we are farther from Christianity than we at first supposed.
Râmânuja clearly indicates its principal points in the first words of his Śrî Bhâshya.
But Râmânuja in replying to this criticism seems to depart from the older view, for he says that the Supreme Being voluntarily abides in four forms which include the soul, mind and the principle of individuality.
I find it hard to agree with Garbe that Râmânuja admitted the theoretical equality of all castes.
For Râmânuja was a Brahman of the straitest sect who probably thought it contamination to be within speaking distance of a Christian[1086].
Of these the system of Râmânuja has great philosophical importance.
The considerably diverging interpretation given of this adhikara/n/a by Râmânuja has the advantage of more closely connecting the Sûtras with each other.
But Rāmānuja was much more than a scholar and a writer of books; he was also a man of action, a "practical mystic.
This is the doctrine of Madhva, another southern teacher who lived about a century after Râmânuja and was perhaps directly influenced by Islam.
In India we must not suppose that the doctrines of Râmânuja or any other great teacher are responsible for the crudities of village worship, nor yet rashly assume that the villager is ignorant of them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nuja" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
