“The Message of Sri VALLABHACHARYA”, Esamskriti, June 12, 2024:
“Among the galaxy of Bharatiya philosophers who have enriched from time to time the intellectual and spiritual life of this sacred land, the place of Sri Vallabhacharya is unique.
Sri Vallabhacharya was born at Champaranya in 1479 A.D. The period covered by his lifetime was pregnant with momentous changes in the political and religious history of India. The social organisation of the people was considerably weakened both by foreign aggressions and internal dissentions. There was lack of political unity, cohesion and compactness among the Hindu rulers who were, by virtue of their weakness and want of farsightedness, unable to save India from impending danger to her colonisation.
As regards religion, the pristine purity of Vedic religion was not to be seen at all. Mechanical and blind performance of Vedic ritual without understanding the underlying significance thereof had stifled the spontaneous and natural flow of the spiritual consciousness of the people at large. Religious fanaticism, soulless formalism, black magic and narrow sectarianism had taken the place of true religion. Bitter antagonism, jealousies and constant bickering prevailed among the followers of different theological schools……”
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