[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Is Ramanuja a Demon? Is his Sribhashya a ku-bhashya?

[Bhaskar YR]

In many cases such Madhva - Smarta marriages happen in the non-scholarly Madhva circles.  Orthodox Madhwas/scholars would not recommend/support such a mix.  There is also this practice in some cases: A Madhva family would take a Smarta girl as their daughter in law and she will (have to) conform to their practices. But they would not give their daughters to the Smarta family.

Most Smarthas also do not know of the Shankaracharya/Advaiti ninda in the Madhva books. There is also the Raghavendra Swamy following among a very large Smarta community. Again, they do not know of the antithesis: Raghavendra Swamy has praised Madhvacharya as the one whose feet dust will liberate Shiva, etc. And also the Shankara nindaa part.

praNAms
Hare Krishna

Yes, I agree with this observation.  Most of the smArta-s do not know what shankara himself said 😊 likewise mAdhvA-s too do not know what madhvAchaarya said.  They are simple devotees who want to get rid of troubles in saMsAra and just want to have abundant health, wealth etc. through whatever means.  If someone says pray shankara they do so, if someone else advises to go to maNtraalaya or Shirdi saibaaba they will do so, without any reservations as such.  And those visits and prayers definitely answered them by maNtraalaya gurugaLu or Shirdi saibaaba or shankara bhagavat paada or shiva-vishNu…So they hardly care or concerned about these philosophical differences as long as their material demands are fulfilled 😊

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar