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then we have to see what kind of scenario things in the society, God never feels happy at
then, and we need to understand his all.
personality. In those days there were so
This is the thought of Ramanujacharya
many orthodox rigidities. Only a few class of
which was observed by him in Vedic
people used to rule the society. Temples are
scriptures, in Ramayana, in Bharatha, in
the centers of their ruling, not the Loksabha
Bhagavadgita, in all the puranas.
or assembly were the centers for the ruling.
Temples used to rule as, you know, Church Ramanujacharya Swamy has a Guru
used to rule the western countries. called Mahapoorna. He had a beautiful friend
who is a Harijan but a very great devotee.
In such a kind of scenario there was
Because of his devotion Mahapoorna
so much of discrimination. Women never
accepted him as his soul friend. And that
permitted to chant the name of God, though
friend, because he is old enough, while
temples were the ruling centers. And there
leaving his body, he said, ‘My friend
are some castes, whose people are never
Mahapoorna! Let this purified body not
allowed to move in the common society at
touched by unpurified people’.
par with other people. Probably, that was the
kind of system accepted those days. Mahapoorna understood. When he left
the body, a harijan, Mahapoorna swamy being
And, Ramanuja is not happy with it and
a Vedic scholar, did his final rites to that great
he was pretty much against that kind of
soul.
system. And he wanted to prove what is the
compassion of the God is. God never accept You can understand what happens
any kind of discrimination among the human then. All pandits of the society started
beings. If a father and mother have three or scolding Mahapoorna and said, ‘We will
four children and one among them was excommunicate from the society’.
handicapped by some kind of disability, and
the thought of father or thought of mother But, Mahapoorna didn’t care. He
always will be on that disabled child only, not did the final rite to his friend. And,
on other children who are O.K. This is what Ramanuja came to know about this and
we seeing in the world. so many people came to Ramanuja and
said, Hey Ramanuja, you wanted
If this is the case and how God able to Mahapoorna be your guru and he is
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