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NEW WATERFORD — New Waterford Police Chief Dan Haueter said Wednesday he has warrants for the arrest of Sebastian Bragg, 14, of New Waterford, who ran away from home Nov. 18, and for Andrew Toarmina, 22, who has lived in the New Waterford area.
Haueter said that Bragg faces a charge of being unruly, which is a charge applicable to youths. Toarmina faces a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor.
The chief said that he does not believe there has been any foul play.
A media report said that there had been a state-wide alert for Bragg. Haueter said he has talked daily with the boy's father but was unaware of any alert. People with information on the whereabouts of the pair should call New Waterford police at (330) 457-2444.
Now just what intentions would a 22 year old male have with a 14 year old male ?
I am the uncle of Sebastian Bragg. I am completely disturbed by the reporting that "NO FOUL PLAY IS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED" We filed charges on this Adult this year for him to stay away from Sebastian. The columbiana co. prosecutors office sent the Adult a LETTER. This letter obviously didn't work!! How can we file charges against this ADULT to stay away, he breaks what the prosecuter wrote and NO FOUL PLAY.This Adult has been to Sebastian's school!! He went on a field trip with him!!! The family was completely unaware this occurred!! Sebastian has been 100% CONFIRMED traveling with the Adult in Pennslyvania. By reporting no foul play this doesn't help get the attention this deserves. The Attorney General of the state of Ohio issued the Alert on Monday and Haueter is unaware? The Attorney General thinks that foul play is involved, but our Chief doesn't think so. The family has been fighting an uphill battle to keep the pressure on these guys. By Haueter giving a 180 degree opposite indication of what the Attorney general believes is malfeasance at best. Please be on the lookout for these guys on the I 79 corridor in PA. Thank you and god bless each and everyone of you. A 22 year old ADULT with a 14 year old child IS FOUL PLAY!!!!!!!!
This event brings a few questios to mind. What was happening in his family life that has made him run away? I am not saying running away is the proper thing to do, but maybe that is the only resort he felt he had. I just hope that where-ever they may be, they are safe. There are many dynamics that could play into this situation. Before we draw any conclusions lets hear from the boy first.
First and foremost. On behalf of the entire Bragg family and the community of Newwaterford. We would like to THANK and apologize to Chief Haueter and his entire police department. Chief Haueter and his department have worked tirelessly, even all day yesterday, on Thanksgiving ,trying to bring Sebastian home. Through the stress of this travesty we have at times been disrespectful to the department and the Chief himself. The Chief and his department has spent the entire 10 days focusing on this crime. They have a rash of thefts in the village that are waiting for the evidence to even be put away in the evidence locker. We as a family have misdirected our anger at the system, to the department. Chief Haueter has been fighting an uphill battle with the Columbiana co. prosecutor office in trying to bring this adult and his family to justice for this crime. The family of the adult has been completely un cooperative and downright lying to the Chief. The chief has massive amounts of downright complicity and facts to prove the family has lied during questioning, yet he was unable to get a warrant for the arrest in obstruction of justice. We the family hired a Private investigation company, Sydney Michael Investigations to help in bringing our child home. the Investigator informed me that Chief Haueter and his entire department have been the most helpful police department he has worked with in 20 years of doing investigations. For that, we the family are grateful for Chief Haueter and his department. The village of Newwaterford should be proud we have such a dedicated police department for our little community....An update as of today...the ADULT and Sebastian are believed to be traveling to North Carolina. Their last communication that was able to be tracked was from Southern Virginia. Chief Haueter was finally able to convince the D/A from Columbiana to issue a felony arrest warrant for the adult. Now we may be able to receive federal help to bring this Adult and his family to justice. They are traveling with TRAC phones, and American Express cards which cannot be traced. The Adult purchased 10 trac phones and thousands of dollars worth of minutes. The mother of the Adult was Fed Ex'd one of these phones the Adult purchased. She now has a lawyer, (which is refusing to allow her to be questioned) and is heading to North carolina as well. We need the communities help in making sure this Adult is brought to justice.
I would like to reply to knucles post as well. You have a very valid point..... I can assure you whatever was going on in Sebastian's life did NOT cause him to flee to North Carolina. This is a very elaborate scheme to remove Sebastian from the state. Lets call it what it is..A kidnapping. This Adult has been confirmed in Sebastian's school last year, while he was in 8th grade. This 21 year old at the time even went on a field trip with him the last day of school!!! This is all without the parents knowledge!!! This adult has stalked a vulnerable 14 year old and completely manipulated and GROOMED him into believing he knows best. Sebastian's father is a retail manager and works a ton of hours, this was how this all occurred under the families noses. The plan that was hatched to kidnap Sebastian, is way too elaborate for a 14 year old to even comprehend. This adult is only turning on the trac phone to make the call, then off again. (hard to trace) bought prepaid AMEX cards. The ONLY card that can't be traced. The Adult has family in North Carolina. They stayed at cash motels and last night in Virginia at a cash campground. A 14 year old doesn't come up with schemes of this nature. Anyone that can hatch such an elaborate scheme as this is downright scary. What are his plans for my nephew in North Carolina? You folks that have legitimate questions, I will be happy to provide my phone number to bring you up to speed. We need the communities help with bringing this Adult and his complicit family to justice. Please do not allow my nephew to fall between the political cracks. Thank you all for paying attention. We need all the help we can get. God bless each and everyone of you.
"A 22 year old ADULT with a 14 year old child IS FOUL PLAY!!!!!!!!"
The system should put the 22 year old in the slammer for an extended time . We shouldn't condone the actions of Andrew Toarmina .
As the family is not answering questions. Neither is yours. I have asked what were the dynamics behind this. Yes a 14 year old boy has the ability to think up a way to excape. If a person feels threatened,they are goign to do what-ever they have to do in order to seperate themselves from that situation. I am not saying this is a bad family by any means. But, take a closer look at your own family to try and see what went wrong. That may be the clue as to why this child felt he needed to run away with this other person.
I see nefarious intent on the part of the 22 year old . What other reason would he have in running off across state lines with the 14 year old ?
Do you think the 22 year old has anything to do with the rash of thefts? What is the age for using the Amber Alert?
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I will answer your question completely. My brother the Dad to Sebastian has been an absentee father. Not easy to put him on trial during all of this, but Sebastian was looking for his fathers attention. I can guarantee you he had no IDEA IN THE WORLD what he signed up for. There was absolutely no physical abuse or anything of this nature, but my brother could have done a ton more to ensure this didn't happen. If you don't think that we have put OURSELVES on trial here you have another thing coming. We all made mistakes ensuring Sebastian stayed away from this Monster. This Adult was completely able to manipulate school leaders in believing he was someone else other than who he was. What the hell do you think he could do to a vulnerable 14 year old. Who was craving the attention of a father figure? I'm happy to keep this discussion going please help us bring our child home. And I encourage dissent this is how we come up with sloutions
can't say as far as the thefts, but because Sebastian is considered a Runaway as of today. (This may have changed with the Felony Warrant.) An Amber Alert wasn't issued. And I'd like to know the public's thoughts are on what a 22 year old is doing with a 14 year old. I think anyone with even a half a brain should be able to figure out what this Adult is up to
Aaron, although I did not know you very well in school, I was a year ahead of you. My heart goes out to you and your family- I have 3 boys of my own and cannot imagine what you are going through. I have contact with a lot of your classmates on Facebook and posted a link the other day for the WFMJ page for the ones who live out of state. You have a lot of people praying for your nephews return. With your permission, I would like to link this page also because you have a lot more up to date information here than what the news stories are writing-and it could be passed around on Facebook. I would also suggest that you also join Facebook even if to only get this story out. What do you think?
~Christine Cannell Shepard
Christine how could you think I don't remember you? I appreciate your concern and thank you for your support during this. facebook scares me, simply for the fact that I don't need more distractions in life. You absolutely have my permission to post whatever you can find and link to. i appreciate everyone's support and am counting on the many prayers to bring Sebastian home. I am going to try and post as much as I can here and everywhere else I can find the story on the Web. Facebook may come later. But please keep the public and friends from School interested in this it cannot be allowed to go down the rathole.
Wanted to wait for your permission- now that I have it, I will post it, and ask everyone to pass it on. Like I said, you have provided more info here than I have seen or heard elsewhere. We will definitely keep you all in our thoughts!
This has been the problem from the beginning. We have been trying to get this story the attention it deserves. We filed the police report in June for This Adult Andrew to stay away. A stupid letter was sent to him. It stated plainly in this letter that more charges would follow if he broke the order. The Chief was able to find out within the first day that Andrew had in fact been the one to abduct him. Sebastian is only 14 years old. He doesn't have free will. In the state of Ohio consent is 16. Sebastian CANNOT runaway under free will. So if Sebastian is traveling with Andrew across state lines, now they are to be believed in North Carolina it IS AN ABDUCTION! His family(Andrew) has hindered the investigation from the beginning. How could Crestview allow this Adult to join Sebastian in School? And it was proven he was there, why did the prosecutor only send a letter? Doesn't anyone else see the pattern here. This guy is an evil manipulator. He was able to convince smarter people than you or I.He was able to convince Leaders and teachers at his school district he was someone else. Why after the facts being proven to the prosecutor that he was attending Sebastian's school this wasn't an issue. It just deserved a letter? We found out he was at Sebastian's school again this year. IN THE SCHOOL. Obviously there is a serious lack of security there. This adult signed Sebastian in late and signed him out early. He signed Sebastian out of school for 7 days in A ROW last year. Through text messaging that the police have on file, Andrew admitted going through his fathers(Brian's) mailbox to remove Sebastian's report card. This to hide the fact he had reported him off from school 15 days that the family was un aware of. And all it deserved was a letter? Please keep the spotlight on where it belongs!! thank you all
The lack of an amber alert is very scary. I guess only pretty white FEMALES get amber alerts????
The school involvement is very scary- especially considering that Crestview Schools have security cameras. It could have been easily proven that man was signing the child out of school.
You couldn't be more correct in your post. My brother has been saying this since day 1 of this crime. Why no Amber alert? This case may be a good reason to look back over the protocol for these alerts. I for one am not going to let this rest until my nephew is returned home. Even after that I will stay involved in these cases. The system absolutely doesn't work. As far as the security camera's go. Believe you me Crestview is in cover your ass mode!! I wasn't going to call them out until I came to the end of our rope. Well we are at the end of our rope, the child is in North Carolina and I'm scared to death because of the absolute incompetence of our illustrious juvenile Prosecutor. Sebastian may never be found!! I can't sleep thinking of this..,.. Why in the hell wasn't our chief provided with the support he needed to bring these people to justice? These are the many questions we need from the community to keep these people accountable to US!! If we keep letting our elected or placed officials get away with whatever they want.THEY DO AS THEY PLEASE. We don't have the money nor the pull that the elites have. Believe the Bragg family it can happen to you as well. Don't let them get away with this travesty. Pass this story along to as many people as you can. A bunch of little drops can fill a bucket. We the people DO HAVE A VOICE!! Don't let them whitewash this!!! Thank you all for your attention.
I'm waiting on your reply????????? Your the type of people I need the support of. I believe in questioning the obvious. Please reply so I can keep the community interested. You ARE asking good questions.
Slima21 have you contacted your congressman, etc etc?
I would keep raising cane- keep contacting talk shows, anyone and everyone until someone listens and helps.
I would like to apologize to Columbiana Co. Prosecutors office as well. I am obviously going through the grieving stages during this. I am in the anger portion of the grieving. I have personalized this way too much. It's not the prosecutors office that's the problem it's the system.I am SURE they are doing what they can do. We the family are angry with the system, not anyone personally. I have to work better at trying to remove emotions from all of this. My nephew has been missing for 11 days now, and it's getting harder to take every day. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We need all the help we can get to get Sebastian home
What's going on with not being able to get any information out of the adults family? Why is it an uphill battle to get warrants against the adults family if they are obstructing the investigation?
I wish I knew why the family is obstructing. This is why this is so scary. They aren't afraid of the police at all. As far as the warrants go, I'm sure there is bureaucratic procedures that MUST be followed. I'm not sure what's going on in the process that is slowing this thing down. If we can keep positive pressure on them as a community, maybe we can bring this to an END.
Thank you for your concern little one
God bless you
Does the adults family have something to hide? Why would someone not help the police find this missing child. I praying for his safe return.
YES THEY DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. The Adults family is in North Carolina right now. They left Friday. We believe Sebastian is there now. We the family and the local Police would like to know the answers to this as well.
Why do you feel the adults family would go to north carolina?
To help with this kidnapping. Andrew is diabetic and needs his medicine. Mommy went to help her boy.She is in complete denial. They have obstructed from the beginning. Even with video tape surveillance of them together at the Hermitage Wal mart. They still say Andrew has nothing to do with it. And this 14 year old child is on his own. They have family member's there. The adult and Sebastian may be there with them. There are more questions than answers surrounding this family.
No new news on Sebastian today. It is day 12, he's still missing and the Adult family is still holding the key to his return. Please keep your attention on this until We get Sebastian home and this Adult prosecuted. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers
Hi Braggs, I just wanted to let you know that you all have our prayers. I just read through the litany of comments and have become very concerned, I wasn't aware that there was not an Amber Alert posted. I had no idea that this was being taken so lightly, either. If there is any thing we can do to help please don't hesitate to ask the Huston's have a large extended family. I will start spreading the word that this needs attention any way I can, for now and start thinking of something more we can do to help.
You have support from family and friends!
Thank you soo much for your thoughts and prayers. We need all the support we can get right now. Amber alerts are more complicated in getting activated than we thought. Long story there.. But as far as being taken lightly, this has happened to an extreme. The Adult and Sebastian were last heard from Thanksgiving. We were unable to keep tracking them? We have NOTHING on the whereabouts from Thursday. The last we knew they were in Virginia. From there it's cold... Unsure why we were unable to track. The system in place for missing kids is BROKEN. But we are hoping for more help today.. Let's pray these folks will help BRING SEBASTIAN HOME!!! Thank you for your concern
Missing New Waterford Teen Found
A New Waterford teen who has been missing for two weeks was found in South Carolina.
Sebastian Bragg, 14, disappeared Nov. 18, and his parents feared he'd run away with an older man, Andrew Taormina, 22.
Bragg was found Tuesday in a Myrtle beach hotel with Taormina. Police plan to charge Taormina with interference of custody when he's extradited to Ohio.
ANDREW IS WALKING FREE AFTER POSTING A 100$ BOND. can anyone here explain to me how, you can kidnap a child and only pay 100$. THIS IS A TRAVESTY FOLKS!! YOUR KID COULD BE NEXT!! It might not turn out the same way ours did. DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO COVER THIS UP AND LET THE MONSTER GET AWAY!!! WE NEED TO BRING THIS ADULT CREEP TO JUSTICE!!!!
Somehow that doesnt surprise me. Look at all the child molesters, drug dealers, and rapists some of these panty waist judges turn back out onto the streets. If I were your family I would be raising the biggest public stink ever.


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This is a GREAT upper body workout. A good way to get started lifting weights is to focus on upper body exercises one day and lower body exercises the next. Perform each exercise 10 x's then rest for 20 seconds and repeat it 3 x's. Super-set means to perform the exercises back-to-back, do 10 skull-crushers then immediately perform 10 narrow grip bench presses, then rest 20 seconds and repeat 3 x's. I have added links at the bottom of examples of each exercise. GIVE IT TRY!
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A horrific car accident, allegedly caused by a driver impaired by alcohol, killed one man and injured two others in Howard Beach very early on Saturday morning.
The accident happened at the intersection of 159th Avenue and 98th Street at around 1 a.m. According to police, a 2006 Ford sedan operated by James Celauro, 23, of Ozone Park, was traveling southbound on 98th Street, entered the intersection and struck a 2001 Saturn, operated by James Sinisi, 38, of Glendale, who was killed.
The force of the accident caused Celauro's car to jump the curb, barrel through the small brick barrier of a dentist's office on the corner and hit the front stoop of the building. Sinisi's car spun down the block and slammed into another parked car. The Saturn was damaged so badly that police needed to use the jaws of life to extract Sinisi from his car. An unidentified passenger riding with Sinisi was also injured.
EMS responded and transported Sinisi, his passenger and Celauro to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where Sinisi died at around 2:15 a.m. and Celauro and Sinisi's passenger were listed in stable condition.
Police suspected Celauro had been driving drunk. He was later released from the hospital and arrested and arraigned on charges of second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving while impaired by alcohol, which is a violation less serious than driving while intoxicated typically levied on drivers who have alcohol in their system, but less than the legal blood alcohol content of .08 percent.
Celauro's lawyer told the Daily News that the suspect had a BAC of .068 when he blew into a handheld tester at the scene, but he declined a more comprehensive test. Police said they drew blood from Celauro at the scene. The assistant district attorney assigned to the case told a judge results of the blood tests were not available Monday morning.
Celauro was being held at Rikers Island on $300,000 bail as of Monday. He had a prior DWI arrest in 2011.
Two days after the crash, the cars are removed, but signs of the wreck remained. Pieces of shattered glass and black-colored shards from the cars littered the road. Damage to the brick wall could clearly be seen and flowers had been tied to a pedestrian crossing sign along 159th Avenue.
According to multiple friends of Sinisi's family, his mother, a lawyer, lives in the Rockwood Park section of Howard Beach, but the family is originally from Woodhaven, where Sinisi, along with his brother and sister, grew up.
Sinisi lived in Howard Beach until last year when his apartment was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, according to sources who knew the victim. He later moved to Glendale. Sinisi is survived by his wife, mother and siblings.
The accident occurred directly across the street from PS 146 at an intersection that some residents say is dangerous.
There are stop signs on 98th Street, but no traffic controls along 159th Avenue between 95th Street and a traffic light at 101st Street. A number of residents have said they would like to see a four-way stop sign or a traffic light on the corner.
In the criminal complaint, the District Attorney's Office alleges Celauro ran the stop sign on 98th Street.
Ed Kampermann, a resident of Howard Beach, said he took his concerns to Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who requested the city Department of Transportation look into a four-way stop or traffic light on 98th Street at 157th and 158th avenues, where two-way stops similar to those at 159th Avenue exist. The DOT did a study and decided to not install four-way stops or traffic lights.
Rudy Giuliani, Ulrich's chief of staff, said the DOT can review the request for 158th Avenue again because it was made more than 18 months ago — in late 2009.
A DOT spokeswoman said there had been no request for additional traffic control at 98th Street and 159th Avenue and there have been no pedestrian fatalities there since at least 2007.
But at least one neighbor says it's bound to happen.
"It was a ticking time bomb," said one resident who lives near the scene and did not want to be identified. "Cars speed along the avenue to try to catch the light at 101st Street. I can't count how many times I've seen cars come close to colliding. The fact that this happened, it's terrible. I hope now the city puts a light here."
She said she and her neighbors became frustrated about the lack of attention paid to that and other intersections near PS 146.
"We're always so cynical and say 'Is it going to take a death for them to do something?'" the resident said. "And here we are. It's a tragedy."


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|Emberumaar, Udayavar, Yathiraja, Most venerated acharya (teacher) in the philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism.
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Ramanuja (traditionally, 1017–1137 CE) was a Hindu theologian, philosopher, and scriptural exegete, born in a Tamil Brahmin family in the village of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. He is also known as Sri Ramanujacharya, Udayavar, Ethirajar (Yatiraja), Emberumannar and Lakshmana Muni.[1] He is seen by Sri Vaishnavism as the most important acharya (teacher) of their tradition who followed Nathamuni and Yamunacharya, and by Hindus in general as the leading expounder of Vishishtadvaita, one of the classical interpretations of the dominant Vedanta school of Vedic philosophy.[2][3]
Establishing dates[edit]
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The traditional biographies of Ramanuja place his life in the period of 1017–1137 CE,[4] yielding a lifespan of 120 years. Any chronology depends crucially on the major historical event mentioned in the traditional biographies: the persecution of Srivaishnavas under the Chola king Kulothunga and Ramanuja's subsequent years of exile in Melkote, in Karnataka.[citation needed]
In 1917, T. A. Gopinatha Rao proposed a chronology based on the traditional lifetime of 1017–1137. He identified the Chola king with Kulothunga Chola I (reigned 1070–1120), and dated the exile to Melkote from 1079 to 1126 CE (Rao 1923 cited in Carman 1974:45). However, this would extend the period of exile to 47 years, and in any case, Kulothunga I was not known for being an intolerate Shaivite.
A different chronology was proposed by T. N. Subramanian, an official in the Madras government (Subramanian 1957 cited in Carman 1974:45). This chronology identifies the Chola King with Kulothunga Chola II, who reigned from 1133–50 and was – also arguably – known for his persecution of Vaisnavites. It puts Ramanuja's exile from c. 1137 to 1148. Subramanian's hypothesis is aided by a fragment from the late Tamil biography Rāmānujārya Divya Caritai, which states that Ramanuja completed his most important work, the Śrībhāṣya, in 1155–56. Nevertheless, temple inscriptions in Karnataka indicate the presence of Ramanuja and his disciples before 1137. Carman (1974:45) hypothesizes that the traditional biographers conflated two different visits to Mysore into one. This later chronology has been accepted by several scholars, yielding a tentative lifetime of 1077–1157.
Whatever the precise dates of Ramanuja's lifetime, it seems clear that all three of the great Srivaiṣṇava acharyas lived under the relatively stable and non-sectarian climate of the Chola empire, before its decline in the late 12th and 13th centuries (Carman 1974, p. 27).
Historical background[edit]
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By the 5th century, the South Indian religious scene was diverse, with popular religion existing alongside Vedic sacrifice and non-Vedic traditions like Buddhism and Jainism. Indeed, the title character of the sixth century Tamil Buddhist epic Manimekalai is advised at one point to study the various Hindu schools of philosophy, such as Sankhya and Vaisheshika as well as Buddhism, Ajivika, Cārvāka, and Jainism. It was in this context that fears of a Buddhist or Jain takeover spurred a large Hindu revival that reached its peak in the 7th century and continued nearly into the 2nd millennium.
The popular aspects of this revival took the shape of several mystical and passionate bhakti movements, represented on the Sri Sampradaya side by the twelve alvars. The alvars came from a variety of social strata; their ranks include shudras (persons from one of the castes) and one woman. The intense devotionalism of their poetry and insistence that caste and sex are no barrier to a relationship with the Divine is uncharacteristic of classical Vedic thought, which laid a strong emphasis on the performance of the social and religious duties proper to one's place in the social structure. Some of these were collected into a definitive canon known as the Nālāyira Divya Prabandha ("divine composition of 4000 verses"), by Nathamuni in the 10th century, and came to be seen as a source of revelation equal in authority to the Vedas in the Śrīvaiṣṇava community.
On the philosophical side, this period saw the rise of the Vedanta school of philosophy, which focused on the elucidation and exegesis of the speculative and philosophical Vedic commentaries known as the Upanishads. The Advaita, or non-dualist interpretation of Vedanta was developed in this time by Adi Shankara and later by Maṇḍana Miśra. It argued that the Brahman presented in the Upanishads is the static and undifferentiated absolute reality, and that the ultimately false perception of difference is due to avidyā, or ignorance.
The goal of proving the Vedantic legitimacy of the popular conception of a personal deity and a genuine personal identity essentially characterises Ramanuja's project, and the Advaitin school presents a natural object for his polemics. It is this synthesis between the classical Sanskrit writings and the popular Tamil poetry that is the source of one of the names of Ramanuja's system: Ubhaya Vedānta, or "Vedanta of both kinds."
Evaluating sources[edit]
In dealing with the lives of the Vedantic teachers, there is little in the way of actual history, and it is thus necessary to make reference to the many hagiographical works—both in verse and prose—that form a major genre in both Sanskrit and South Indian vernaculars.[5]
The earliest such hagiographies in prose is the Ārāyirappaṭi Guruparamparāprabhāva (the "six thousand" splendour of the succession of teachers) (not to be confused with the well-known commentary on the Divya Prabandha of the same length, also commonly referred to as the "Six Thousand").[6] This was written by Piṉpaḻakiya Perumāḷ Jīyar in the 13th century in a highly Sanskritized dialect of Tamil known as Maṇipravāla. Perhaps earlier was a Sanskrit work of poetry, the Divya Sūri Carita or Acts of the Divine Sages, probably written in the 12th century by Garuḍavāhaṇa Paṇḍita, a contemporary disciple of Ramanuja's.[7]
In later times, a number of traditional biographies proliferated, such as the 16th or 17th century Sanskrit work Prapannāmṛta and, following the split of the Śrīvaiṣṇava community into the Vadakalais and Teṉkalais. The Muvāyirappaṭi Guruparamparāprabhāva or the "Three Thousand" Splendor of the Succession of Teachers by Brahmatantra Svatantra Jīyar represents the earliest Vadakalai biography, and reflects the Vadakalai view of the succession following Ramanuja. Ārāyirappaṭi Guruparamparāprabhāva, or "Six Thousand" Splendor of the Succession of Teachers referred in the previous paragraph represents the Tenkalai biography.
Formative years[edit]
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Ramanuja was born Ilaya Perumal in a Brahmin family in the village of Perumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India. His father was Asuri Keshava Somayaji Deekshitar and mother was Kanthimathi.
From a young age, his intelligence and ability to comprehend highly abstract philosophical points were legendary. He took initiation from Yadavaprakasa, a renowned Advaitic scholar. Though his new guru was highly impressed with his analytical ability, he was quite concerned by how much emphasis Ramanuja placed on bhakti. After frequent clashes over interpretation, Yadavaprakasa decided the young Ramanuja was becoming too much of a threat and plotted a way to kill him. However, Ramanuja's cousin Govinda Bhatta (a favourite of Yadavaprakasa) discovered the plot and helped him escape. An alternative version is that one of Yadavaprakasa's students plotted to kill Ramanuja as a means of pleasing their teacher, but Sri Ramanuja escaped in the afore-mentioned manner. Yadavaprakasa was horrified when learnt about the conspiracy. Ramanuja returned to Yadavaprakasa's tutelage but after another disagreement, Yadavaprakasa asked him to leave. Ramanuja's childhood mentor, Kancipurna, suggested he meet with Kancipurna's own guru, Yamunacharya. After renouncing the life of a house-holder, Ramanuja travelled to Srirangam to meet an ageing Yamunacharya, a philosopher of the remergent Vishishtadvaita school of thought. Yamunacharya had died prior to Ramanuja's arrival. Followers of Ramanuja relate the legend that three fingers of Yamunacharya's corpse were curled. Ramanuja saw this and understood that Yamunacharya was concerned about three tasks. Ramanuja vowed to complete these--
- Write a Visishtadvaita Bhashya for the Brahma Sutras of Vyasa which had previously been taught orally to the disciples of the Visishtadvaita philosophy.
- That the name of Paraśara, the author of Vishnu Purana should be perpetuated.
- The name of Saint Śaţhakopa should be perpetuated by writing a commentary on the Tiruvoimozhi
Legend goes that on hearing the vow, the three fingers on the corpse straightened.
Ramanuja accepted Yamunacharya as his Manasika Acharya and spent 6 months being introduced to Yamunacharya's philosophy by his disciple, Mahapurna although he did not formally join the community for another year. Ramanuja's wife, Thanjamambal followed very strict brahminical rules of the time and disparaged Mahapurna's wife as being of lower subcaste. Mahapurna and his wife left Srirangam. Ramanuja realised that his life as a householder was interfering with his philosophical pursuit as he and his wife had differing views. He sent her to her parents' house and renounced family and became a sanyasin.
Ramanuja started travelling the land, having philosophical debates with the custodians of various Vishnu temples. Many of them, after losing the debates, became his disciples. Ramanuja standardised the liturgy at these temples and increased the standing and the membership of the srivaishnava school of thought. He wrote his books during this time.
Ramanuja, who was a Srivaishnavite, has faced threats from some Shaivite Chola rulers who were religiously followers of Shiva . Ramanuja and a few of his followers moved to the Hoysala kingdom of Jain king Bittideva and queen Shantala Devi in Karnataka.
According to historian Alkandavilli Govindāchārya, Bitti Deva and his chief queen Shantala Devi had a sick daughter. She was possessed by an evil spirit and the Vaishnavite saint Ramanuja is said to have cured her. After this episode it is said that Bitti Deva embraced Vaishnavism.[8] But from his inscriptions in the Hassan district, his daughter by one of his queens called Shantala Devi, died during his reign.[9][10]
He treated all people as equal without considering their castes. At that time low caste people were prohibited inside the temples. He led the low caste people into the temples in many places. Due to this, he is praised as a "social reformer".[11]
Five acharyas[edit]
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Swami Ramanuja incorporated teachings from 5 different people who he considered to be his acharyas
- Peria Nambigal (Mahapurna) who performed his samasrayana,Dvayam,
- Thirukkotiyur Nambigal (Ghoshtipurna) : who revealed the meaning of the Charama Shlokam and Ashtakshari to swami on his 18th trip
- Periya Thirumalai Nambigal (Shailapurna) : Ramayana
- Tirumālai Aandaan (Maladhara): Bhagavad Vishayam (Śrī Thiruvaymozhi)
- Azhwar Thiruvaranga Perumal Arayar (Vararanga) : Remaining 3000 verses of Arulichcheyal(works of Azhwars) and Sandhai
Thirukachchi Nambigal (Kanchipurna) : The 6 sentences or PErarulAlan, and many others
Sri Ramanuja has many names, which were given at different points of time :
- Ilayazhwar-Name given by Thirumalai Nambi at birth
- Ramanujar-Name given by Varadaraja Perumal at Sanyasa
- Yathirajar-Name given by Thirukkachi Nambi
- Udayavar-Name given by Namperumal on Ramanuja's arrival at Srirangam
- Lakshmana Muni-Name given by Thirumaalai Aandaan
- Godagrajar- Name given by Srivilliputhur Srivaishnavas
- Appanukku Sangaazhi Alittha Perumal-Name he received because of settling the dispute regarding whether the main deity at Tirumala is Shiva or Vishnu
- Anna(elder brother)-Name given by Aandal after Ramanuja presented 100 cupfuls of porridge(Akkaravadisal) to Maaliruncholai Azhagar in Madurai, as per her wishes which were expressed in Nachiyar Thirumozhi
- Thiruppavai Jeer- Name given at Srirangam after Ramanuja swooned on seeing Athuzhai, daughter of Mahapurna, mistaking her to be Nappinnai(i.e.,since he was so absorbed in the meanings of Thiruppavai)
- Bhashyakarar- Name given by Saraswati at the Sri Bhandaram library in Kashmir because of his authorship of Sri Bhasyam
Ramanuja may have written 9 books. They are also referred to as the nine precious gems, the Navaratnas.
- His most famous work is known as the Sri Bhashya or Brahma Sutra Bhashya. It is a commentary on the Brahma Sutras, known also as the Vedānta Sūtras of Badarayana.
- Gadhya Thrayam (three prose hymns). All three are important works in Srivaishnava philosophy:
- Vaikuntha Gadyam describing in great detail Vaikuntha, the realm of Vishnu and recommending meditating on it.
- Sriranga Gadyam, a prayer of surrender to the feet of Ranganatha
- Saranagati Gadyam, an imagined dialogue between Ramanuja and Shri (Lakshmi) and Narayana where he petitions Lakshmi to recommend Narayana to give him grace. Narayana and Lakshmi accept his surrender.
- Vedartha Sangraha (a resume of Vedanta). It sets out Ramanuja's philosophy, which is theistic (it affirms a morally perfect, omniscient and omnipotent God) and realistic (it affirms the existence and reality of a plurality of qualities, persons and objects).
- Vedanta Saara (essence of Vedanta) an appendix to Sri Bhasya
- Vedanta Deepa (the light of Vedanta), another appendix/commentary to Sri Bhasya.
- Gita Bhashya (his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita)
- Nitya Grantham (About the day-to-day activities to be performed by all Sri Vaishnavas)
Reverence as an Acharya[edit]
Harold Coward describes Ramanuja as "the founding interpreter of [Sri Vaisnavite] scripture."[12] Although a collator and interpreter rather than an original thinker, there was originality in his method of synthesising the Tamil and Sanskrit texts.[13]
Ramanuja's thiruvarasu (sacred burial shrine) is the Ramanuja shrine (sannidi) located inside the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple (periyakoyil or simply koyil) Srirangam, Tamil Nadu within the temple complex, where he attained his Acharyan Thiruvadi (the lotus foot of his Acharya).The Body of the saint(thirumeni) is placed inside the Sri Ramanuja shrine in "Padmasanam" (folded leg posture). It is anointed with chandan (sandalwood paste) and saffron (kungumappoo) twice a year. His shrine is open to the general public for darshan. Acharya Sri Ramanuja is believed to be the titular administrator the Srirangam temple.
In almost all of Sri Vaishnava temples, Acharya Ramanuja is given the foremost prominence. His blessings are invoked at the beginning of devotional services. Several temples like Sri Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala, Sri Parthasarathy Temple at Chennai, Sri Thirunarayana Swami Temple at Melukote have exclusive shrines dedicated to him. The Sattrumurai, or Appellations made to the Lord, at the end of daily services in a Sri Vaishnava temple always conclude with the words:
Sarva Desa Dasa Kaleshu Avyahata Parakrama |
Ramanuja Arya Divyajna Vardhatam Abhivardhatam ||
Meaning: Let the most Magnificent instruction of Sri Ramanuja increase and pervade through all countries at all times, without any hindrance.
Living tradition[edit]
Iyengar Brahmins in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh follow his philosophical tradition. The Tamil prabandhas are chanted at Vishnu temples on par with the Vedas. Persons of all communities, and not just Brahmins, are given roles in rituals at Srirangam and other leading temples. The philosophic discourses have been passed on to subsequent generations by great successors like Pillai Lokacharya, Vedanta Desika and Manavala Mamuni who lived in the 13th and 14th centuries.The famous freedom fighter and saint Aurobindo Ghosh has followed Visishtadvaita Philosophy. Several hagiographic accounts suggest that Ramanuja was an incarnation of Sri Adishesha. The Swaminarayan tradition of Gujarat also traces its acharya-parampara to Ramanuja through Ramananda (who according to legend was administered pancha-samskaras by Ramanuja).Visishtadvaita philosophy is widely followed in Andhra Pradesh,Tamil Nadu,South Karnataka,Gujarat and some parts of Maharashtra.
- ^ "Sri Ramanuja's gift to the Lord". The Hindu (India). 24 December 2012.
- ^ (Bartley 2002, p. 1)
- ^ (Carman 1974, p. 24)
- ^ Carman, John B. (1994). Majesty and Meekness: A Comparative Study of Contrast and Harmony in the Concept of God. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 9780802806932.
- ^ For further information on Vedantic hagiographies, see Granoff 1984.
- ^ The "Six Thousand" refers to the number of paṭis or granthas, units of 32 syllables.
- ^ Some modern authors have argued for a date two centuries later, and give the actual author as a descendant of the traditional one, pointing out that Garuḍavāhaṇa Paṇḍita is a family title. This possibility has been argued at greater length by Ramanujam 1936.
- ^ The life of Râmânujâchârya: the exponent of the Viśistâdvaita philosophy, page 180
- ^ Epigraphia Carnatica: Inscriptions in the Hassan District, page xvi
- ^ The Hoysaḷa vaṁśa, page 112
- ^ "Ramanuja, a great social genius". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 8 May 2000.
- ^ Coward, Harold G. (2008). The Perfectibility of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. pp. 139–141. ISBN 9780791473351.
- ^ Overzee, Anne Hunt (1992). The Body Divine: The Symbol of the Body in the Works of Teilhard de Chardin and Ramanuja. Cambridge University Press. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9780521385169.
- Ayyangar, S.Krishnaswami; Chariar, Rajagopala; and Rangacharya,M (1911), Sri Ramanujacharya: a sketch of his life and times and His Philosophical System, Madras: G.A.Natesan & Co.,
- Sampatkumaran, M. R. (1985), The Gītābhāṣya of Rāmānuja, Bombay: Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute
- Raghavachar, S. S. (2010), Vedartha Sangraha, India: Advaita Ashrama, ISBN 978-81-7505-118-8
- Bartley, C. J. (2002), The Theology of Rāmānuja: Realism and religion, London: RoutledgeCurzon
- Carman, John Braisted (1974), The Theology of Rāmānuja: An essay in interreligious understanding, New Haven and London: Yale University Press
- B. S. Devamani (1990), The Religion of Rāmānuja: A Christian Appraisal, Chennai: Christian Literature Society
- Christopher Duraisingh (1979), Toward an Indian-Christian Theology, Rāmānuja's Significance a Study of the Significance of Rāmānuja's Theological Hermeneutics for an Indian-Christian Understanding of the Relation Between God and All-else, Harvard: Harvard University
- Eric J. Lott (1976), God and the universe in the Vedāntic theology of Rāmānuja: a study in his use of the self-body analogy, Chennai: Ramanuja Research Society
- Govindacharya, A. (1960), The Life of Rāmānuja, Madras: S. Murthy
- Rao, T. A. Gopinatha (1923), Sir Subrahmanya Ayyar Lectures on the History of Śrī Vaiṣṇavas, Madras: University of Madras, Government Press
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External links[edit]
- Biography and works, The Internet encyclopaedia of Philosophy.[dead link]
- Biography of Ramanuja, Sanskrit.org
- Reckoning the date of birth of Ramanuja, rangavilasam.com'[dead link]
- Sri Bhashya: Ramanuja's commentary on Vedanta Sutras, translated By George Thibaut (1904)
- A collection of articles on the philosophy of Sri Ramanuja
- Srivaishnava Sampradayam – Information on various aspects of Srivaishnavite philosophy, culture, literature and history
- Srivaishnava guru paramparai
- rAmAnuja sampradhAyam articles/archives
- Ramanuja.org
- A collection of e-books on Ramanuja Sampradayam
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What was the path trekked by Shri Ramanuja "in whites"? June 2011 at Tiruchirappalli, India The path traveled by Shri Ramanuja in whites from Srirangam to Kollegal, previously not traced, now researched.
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Spreading Swamy Ramanuja's glory in the Nilgiri Hills en route to Melkote
It is prevalent that Swami Ramanuja left for ThiruNarayanaPuram from Srirangam and resurrected the "Gnana Mandapam". "Aarayirapadi Paneerrayapadi Guru Parampara Prabhavam" mentions that Swami Ramanuja went through "Paalai Malai (Nilgiri Hill Range)" and Kollegal to reach ThiruNarayanaPuram from Srirangam.
Kari Varadan Kainkarya Sabha, Srirangam, with the help of learned scholars, volunteers and a legend prevailing in "Thirukkannamboor Kshetram (Kanakampalayam)", has been working on spreading the glory of Swami Ramanuja in the Nilgiri Hills for the first time. Based on this work, it has been established that Swami Ramanuja passed through Kanakampalayam and "Ekkarai Malai (Ramanujar Medu)" adjoining it.
Sri Kari Varadaraja Perumal, KanakamPalayam
Kanakampalayam is the abode of Sri Kari Varadaraja Perumal and Sri Perundevi Thayar. Kanakampalayam is at the foothills of Nilgiri hills and the temple has a history of 400+ years at the present spot. The temple was patronized by Mysore Maharaja who had established an Agrahara comprising 100 families. It was washed away by flash floods about 250 years ago. The 34th Jeer of SriRanga Narayana Jeer Madam, Srirangam hailed from the Kanakampalayam Komandur family (One of the 74 Simhasanadhipadhis established by Swami Ramanuja). During Vaikuntha Ekadesi and Thiru Karthikai, the temple attracts large number of visitors from the surrounding areas. The village is close to "Mount Ekkarai (Ramanujar Medu)" treaded by Bhagavad Ramanuja en route from Srirangam to ThiruNarayanaPuram little over 900 years ago.
According to Guru Parampara, Swami Ramanuja was offered "Thaen" (honey) and "Thinai Maavu" by natives of Paali Hills as Swami and his disciples had travelled for 6 days from Srirangam without food. During the 6th day of Avathara Utsavam at Srirangam, Swami Ramanuja is offered Thaen and Thinai Maavu. Also, during the 6th day of Avathara Utsavam at Sri Perumbudhur, Swami Ramanuja is adorned in "Whites". The utsavams are a remembrance of Swami's travel to Melkote and Swami Kuratazhwan's sacrifice.
Path Taken By Swami Ramanuja To Reach ThiruNarayanaPuram From Srirangam
Recently (April 2012), an expedition was carried out by Sri Vaishnava volunteers dedicated to the cause of Emberumanar Darisanam to the top of Mount Ekkarai (Ramanujar Medu). A summary of the experience by members of the expedition team is below:
"With only five more years to go for his thousandth appearance day celebrations, efforts are being undertaken to spread the message of the great Acharya, whose grace and association is required for the attainment of the Lord, as endorsed by the doctrine of the Vedas and Vedanta, and the divine expressions of the Azhwars.
Bhagavad Ramanuja passed through the Niligiri Hills en route to Melkote, also known as Thirunarayanapuram. This land of forests, mountains, and wild elephants is home to an abode of Lord Varadaraja, who goes by the name of Kari Varadan. The temple of Kari Varadan is situated in a small village called Kanakkampalayam (previously known as Thirukkannamboor), a peripheral settlement along the forest route treaded by Swami Ramanuja a thousand years ago. Inside the forest that borders this village, atop a 1440 meter high peak called Mount Ekkarai, there stands another Varadaraja Perumal, facing the direction that Ramanuja followed through the forests and into the land of the Vijayanagar Kings.
According to a tradition dating back to antiquity, the locals of the area, numbering in thousands, hike up the dangerous mountain route to pay their respects to the forest god, every year during Chittirai Pournami, falling in late April or early May. They recount hazy remembrances, passed down by their forbears, of a great being who had once passed through these lands". Sri Varadaraja Perumal (VethantaChalapati) at Ekkarai Malai
Sri Vaishnavas all over are preparing to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Swami's Thiru Avatharam. It is an earnest desire of Kari Varadan Kainkarya Sabha that Ramanuja Sambandhis visit Ramanujar Medu and KanakamPalayam to seek the blessings of "Ekkarai Perumal" (VethantaChalapati) and "Kari Varadar Perumal".
At present, there is no day-to-day activities performed for Varadaraja Perumal at Ekkarai Malai (Ramanujar Medu). Certain activities are planned to spread the awareness of Swami Ramanuja in the region, particularly among the locals. If you would like to be associated with this pioneering effort, we request you to visit theTemple ofLord Kari Varadan in Kanakkampalayam, and experience the forest land which was graced by Swami Ramanuja. References
"Aarayirapadi Paneerrayapadi Guru Parampara Prabhavam", Page 362 – 363, published in 1928, by Poo Magal Vilasam Achakam, Chennai. "The path trekked by Srimad Ramanuja in whites, 900 years ago travelling from Srirangam to Mysore State", published in 2011, by Kari Varadan Kainkarya Sabha, Srirangam. "Ramanujar 1000, Volume 2", Page 560 – 561, 727, published in 2012, by Sri Vaishnava Sri, Srirangam.


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