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Srila Prabhupada talks about the followers of Sri Ramanujacarya

The following conversa on took place in Bombay on April 10, 1977.

Srila Prabhupada confirms that the Sri Vaisnava followers of Ranmanu-
jacarya are bona fide “if they are actually following.” The same can be
said for the followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada.
Tamala Krishna: What about those who are coming in these other sam-
pradayas, like Ramanuja sampradaya...
Prabhupada: They are bona fide if they are actually following.
Tamala Krishna: I was referring to them; that they are not preaching
very widely.
Prabhupada: Then they are useless.
Tamala Krishna: Yeah. Because if they wanted to, Krishna would have
facilitated it.

Prabhupada: Ramanuja preached. All the acaryas preached.
On another occasion Srila Prabhupada was asked the same ques on.
Morning Walk -- April 20, 1974, Hyderabad
Mahamsa: (break) ...Ramanuja sampradaya, do they have a chain of
disciplic succession, bona fide chain, to this present day?
Prabhupada: Yes.
Mahamsa: And the other sampradayas also?
Prabhupada: Yes. Chain must be there. Now, whether strictly following

the..., that is another thing.
Although the Sri sampradaya and the Madhava-Gaudiya sampradaya
are different lineages, Srila Prabhupada affirms that the Sri Vaisnavas
are bona fide “if they strictly follow”; and the same is true for the
Madhava-Gaudiya followers.
Ramanujacarya stressed “prapa ” which means complete surrender to
Sriman Narayana. He preached the utmost importance of Bhak marga
or devo onal service which he described as a steady flow of loving
medita on directed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He taught
his followers to recite the “Charmasloka,” which is the famous Bhaga-
vad-gita sloka spoken by Lord Krishna. Sarva dharman parityajya man

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