[Advaita-l] Shiva = Supreme

[Srirudra]

Dear 
There is no specific reason.But there is some unverified instance in Sri Ramanuja's life that He refused to take shelter inside a Shiva's temple to avoid getting wet in pouring rain.He seems to have said that He is like a pathivratha sthree who will only live with her husband or something like that.How far it is true is not known .So the Vaishnavas who have Sri Ramanuja as their Acharya follow his foot steps.Sri Velukudi Swamigal is an example.
R.Krishnamoorthy.

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> On 07-Mar-2016, at 3:40 PM, Venkateswaran N E via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Namaste.
> 
> Is there any specific reason why Vaishnavas are highly evangelical when compared to others like smArthAs etc ? Have their Acharyas mandated evangelical activities on their followers ?
> 
> I find they almost match the Abrahamic religions in their zeal and enthusiasm to evangelize Vaishnava supremacy.
> 
> Warm Regards
> Venkateswaran N E
> 
>> On 07-Mar-2016, at 2:02 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Thanks for sharing this article.
>> 
>> regards
>> subrahmanian.v
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>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>>> Speaking of Shri Jayanarayananji and Shivaratri, readers may be interested
>>> to know he has written an article with the above title.
>>> 
>>> We Smartas are comfortable with worshipping any of the Vedic devatas as
>>> Brahman.  For some it is Vishnu Bhagwan, some Shiva Bhagwan and some
>>> Bhagavati Ma.  Let it be so, according to the longings of the bhaktas own
>>> heart!  But there are some who would claim that the shastras proclaim only
>>> Vishnu Bhagawan as the supreme being.  This article demonstrates that it is
>>> not the case.
>>> 
>>> You can access it in PDF format from
>>> http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/articles/Shiva.pdf
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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