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Padmanabhan Venkataraman

Padmanabhan Venkataraman

Padmanabha Rao, popularly known as Paddy Rao, lives in New Jersey , USA after a long successful career at GE & Infosys. A Maadhwa by birth, he  was mentored in his younger days by a great yogi siddha purusha Shri R.M. Umesh , who was himself a disciple of Sringeri Jyeshta Mahasannidhanam Abhinava Vidhyatheertha Mahaswaminah. Paddy Rao has been practicing Yoga and dhyana as taught by them for over 40 years. He has been researching Shri Madhwacharya's Tatva Vaada for a long time and finds more harmony with Shankara Avaitha hidden than the contrast which are visible. He has published two books - one  on Raghavendra Sway ( The Yogi who walked to his destiny), and another on  transformational leadership ( Elephant on the Chips) . His third book  "Fountain Head of wisdom - Tatva Vaada for Millennials" is under publication.

Advitiya Vishnu Vaada-III: Jiva is Vishnu’s reflection
Archives, Indology

Advitiya Vishnu Vaada-III: Jiva is Vishnu’s reflection

Padmanabhan Venkataraman- June 25, 2018

Shri.Madhwaacharya proposes a Bimba- Pratibimba model, an Object-Reflection model to establish the relationship between Vishnu and jiVa. He has a caveat, though. Jiva is a ... Read More

Advitiya Vishnu Vaada- II: Vishnu is Brahman
Archives, Indology

Advitiya Vishnu Vaada- II: Vishnu is Brahman

Padmanabhan Venkataraman- May 17, 2018

Sankhya elements are the key to unlock the perceived universe as different from the material universe. This is realm of conditional reality as opposed to ... Read More

Advitiya Vishnu Vaada- I: How Advaita & Dvaita come together
Archives, Indology

Advitiya Vishnu Vaada- I: How Advaita & Dvaita come together

Padmanabhan Venkataraman- April 20, 2018

How can matter come out of non-matter, non-being? Matter can come out of ‘energy as a being’, but if it is propositioned that it came ... Read More