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Vedanta Desika - Loving God in Medieval South India
Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard University
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies Outreach Lecture
Abstract: Srivashnavism is one of the principal traditions in Indian religious life. Vedanta Desika (1268-1369) was a prominent Srivaisnava scholar in the tradition of the Alvar poet saints of South India and the Vedanta tradition of Ramanuja. An important late work in his long and prolific career is the Srimad Rahasyatrayasaram, wherein he expounds the meaning of the three sacred mantras of the tradition, the nature of taking refuge with Lord Narayana and Sri Laksmi, the way of life of true devotees, and the correct manner of teaching and learning as a Srivaisnava. The lecture will introduce the text and highlight its fundamental insight into love of God - in the Srivaisnava tradition, and more broadly for Hindus and in an interreligious context.
Date: 02/11/2006
Location: Hall A, Harvard University Science Center
1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, M
Time: 3:00 pm
Contact: 617-864-5121, 617-495-3295
Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit/outreach.html
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