Tatvavada - Tenets of Dvaita philosophy

By Sri Chiraan 2009/10/04

ShrIman.h madhva-mate In Sriman Madhva’s doctrine 

1> hariH parataraH - Hari (Vishnu) is Supreme
2> satyaM jagat.h - The world is true (real)
3> tattvataH bhedaH  - The differences between soul God and non sentient are real
4> jIvagaNAH hareH anucharAH - The sets of souls are dependent on Hari
5> nIchochcha bhAvaN^gatAH - And differ in the status even in the Mukti
6> muktiH naija-sukha-anubhUtiH - Mukti (liberation) is the experience of the joy of one’s
own nature
7> amalA-bhaktiH-cha tat.h sAdhanaM - That is achieved by flawless devotion and Yathartha Gyana correct understanding]
8> axAditritayaM hi pramANaM  - [Perception ] anumana [Logic] and agama [Scriptures] etc.,are indeed the sources of knowledge
9> akhila-AmnAya-eka-vedyo hariH - Hari alone is conveyed in all the Veda

A tatva is a real entity. A entity [object] when perceived as it exists [a thing in itself] it is said to be real.
For example a rope is perceived as rope [only] then the object rope is a real entity. But if it is perceived as snake, then the object snake is superimposed perception and not real.
All the entities which convey themselves in real are known as tatvas.
Tatvas are of two types, Svatantra and asvatantra [paratantra].
Independent and dependent.
Supreme God Vishnu alone is svatantra independent.
And all others are dependent on HIM.
The paratantra is again divided into BHAVA and ABHAVA.
Bhava is of two types Chetan and ACHETANA.
Chetana is of two types:
One afflicted by sorrow and one untouched by sorrow.
Goddess Laxmi devi is Nitya mukta and untouched by sorrow.
She is the consort of Vishnu.
The other type those afflicted by sorrow are of two types:
Muktayogya and Muktiayogya.
Muktiyogya are those liberated and unliberated.
Rest are of two types, Neech madhyama [Tamoyogya and nityasamsari].

Muktiyogya are Devata rishi Pitru Raja narottama
Tamoyogya are classified as
daitya rakshas pishacha and naradhama four types.
Muktiyogya reach Vaikuntha and tamoyogya reach andhatamisra.
Both worlds have no return.
Mukti is achieved by Nirmal Bhakti towards the Supreme
And unmixed hate guarantees the andhatamisra.
It is the intrinsic nature of the soul to be under a class.
Achetan is classified as Nitya Anitya And nityaanitya,
Veda akshara and Avyakrut akasha are all nitya.
Purana, kala and prakruti are all nityanitya.

Krishnarpanamastu 

Madhvacharya

By Sri Chiraan 2009/02/04

Abhramam Bhangarahitam Ajadam Vimalam sada! Anandteerthamatulam Bhaje tapatrayapaham!!

• Madhvacharya is the incarnation of LORD HANUMAN.[MukhyaPrana].
• What is the purpose of this Avatar? 
  Eternally evil and good [tamasic jeevas and satvik jeevas] are at loggerheads. Tamasic jeevas continue their dwesha sadhana, birth after births, and satvik souls progress in Bhakti sadhana birth after births.

• Round 1:
• Tamasic souls initially in the SATYA yuga, due to yuga prabhava, also tend to do good and accumulate lot of punya. In the tretayuga these acquire merits to get good births, but as dharma is on three legs, there is scope for some mischief and adharma within limits. So most of the tamasic souls resort to adharma in an inhibited manner. This is not liked by God. Tamasic souls as long as they are inhibited, they are not entitled to being killed. Only uninhibited sinning entitles one to killing. Thus God and [Mukhyaprana] enact a plan, they send their own man [devotee] Ravana to go berserk with uninhibited crimes. All the tamasic souls [given their nature to sin] align and group themselves under Ravana. Declare him as their King, inspired by his uninhibited prowess. Now Lord and Hanuman [this is first Avatar] came down as Vanar and finished entire rakshasa clan gathered under Ravana in one single go.

• Round 2:
  All the Rakshasas gather and decide, why are they always defeated by Lord Vishnu and killed. Now if only Lord Vishnu does not interfere, then its purely Rakshasas and Devatas. Devatas are very emotional people, so if we are all born as their relatives then there will be no stopping for us and we can freely sin. [So think Rakshasas and take birth as brothers uncle and relatives of Devatas] all are born as Kshatriyas. Krishna did not fight, Bheemasena [ second Avatar] and Arjuna killed all the relatives [with the effect of Bhagavadgeeta by Krishna] without mamatva [me and mine].
  This strategy of Rakshasas failed. Krishna and Bheema won again in Dwaparayuga.
  
  
• Round 3:
  Rakshasas gathered at the Meru top and discussed, why does Lord favour Devatas and good people? Because these people pray him through the teachings of Vedas and Puranas.
  What if these are misled from the path of God. [Lord will automatically stop his grace towards these good people as they faulter].
  So what is the way to faulter good people from righteousness? Just misinterpret the meaning of Vedas and Puranas. Just let it be shown that they actually mean nothing, they are all false [mithya] etc. Such misinterpretation is only possible and believable if it comes from the mouth of Sanyasi's, learned Bramhins, and other influential people. So all the Rakshasas took birth in Kaliyuga as Bramhins and religious teachers, and established many philosophies and misinterpreted Vedas, Puranas, and other shastras to suit the ways of sinning. Kaliyug as it were, the tendency of sinning is natural, as dharma is only on one single leg. Also Gautam rishi had cursed all the Bramhins and learned to lose their learnings in the beginning of the Kaliyuga. Aiding all these, many ways of reaching God concept gained popularity, and people at large got deluded from the actual path of Sanatan dharma, and many alternate ways of life emerged. This lead to fall of yagnya, dharma, karma and other Vedic ways of life.
• Everywhere a new teacher gave sermons on a new interpretation to Vedas. The world was pushed into Chaos.
• Slowly people lost faith in the dharma and became atheists by the onslaught of charvaak and other materialistic philosophies. Slowly absence of God [Nirishwar waada], also gained strength. When world was reeling under this situation, all the devatas requested Lord Vishnu to re-establish the real meaning of Vedas. Lord has no Avatar in Kaliyuga, thus Mukhyaprana came down as Madhvacharya [Moolaguru Jagadguru third avatar] to dispel the misinterpretation of Vedas, and establish the correct Dharma and ways of reaching GOD.
• This is known as Tattvavada.
• He showed the lapses and lacuna in all the 21 prevalent interpretations of Vedas and established Madhva Sidhdhanta through profound pramanas [proofs].
• And thus even in the third round of Vaagyudhdha [war of words] Devatas emerged victorious.
  The satvik found the right path to Moksha.

• Na Madhava samo Devo, Na Madhva samo Guru
  !! Acharya Srimadacharya Santu me Janma Janma ni!!
• There is no God equal to or Greater than Madhav and no teacher like Madhva! Let Acharya Srimadaanandateertha be my guru in this birth and birth after birth.

Today is Madhva Navami. By the grace of Shri  SarvagnyaAcharya  I have completed 100 posts. I hope readers are benefiting from these writings. Let us all take blessings of the great Guru to achieve Grace of Lord Narayana.

Krishnarpana