[Advaita-l] From Sri Krishna karnamrutam

[Raghav Kumar]

I understand that Vallabhacharya the founder of Pushti marga was a telugu
vaidika velanadu brahmin whose parents happened to be staying in Varanasi.
Interesting to see such a north south connexion finally spiritually
impacting western India.

On Tue, 21 Sep, 2021, 12:44 pm Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Sep 2021, KAMESWARARAO MULA wrote:
>
> > What is " Pushti Margis"?, as I heard this name several times & don't
> know
> > the details and is it similar to 'Vaishnavism'?
>
> Pushti Marga is one of the four principal Vaishnava Sampradayas and was
>   established by Vallabhacharya (so you sometimes see its
> followers described as Vallabhacharis.)  Its' philosophy is Shuddhadvaita
> Vedanta ("shuddha" because it is purified of the "mayavada" Vaishnavas
> dislike so much.)  The grhastha Goswamis who are the descendents of
> Vallavhacharya are the gurus of this sect.  They are different from the
> Vrndavan Goswamis who are Gaudiyas.
>
> It is very popular in Gujarat and Marwada in particular and though I do
> not believe in its tenets it has been a big cultural influence on me.
> The well-known Bhagavata kathakara Golokavasi Krishnashankar Shastriji was
> a Pushti Margi and I consider him as a Guru.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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