Materialien zur Geschichte der Ramanuja-Schule VIII
Zur Eschatologie der Ramanuja-Schule vor Venkatanatha
Gerhard Oberhammer
The final section deals with the adoption of Rāmānuja’s teaching by later authors of the Rāmānuja School’s Sanskrit tradition, including Nārāyaṇārya and Meghanādārisūri (both probably ca. 1300 CE). Like Rāmānuja, they both argue for union with the Brahma and the brahmanic-vedāntic concept of the „way of the gods“ as being the state of salvation after death. In contrast, Varadaguru (13th c. CE) adds an alternative teaching, which is part of a śaraṇāgati theology, according to which he who performs the formal act of devotion (śaraṇāgatiḥ) to Viṣṇu may be sure of the grace and help of God in the hour of his death, thus attaining Viṣṇu directly (not via the „way of the gods“).
