Consider the following statements:
1. Ramanuja argued that in order to attain salvation, grace of God was more important than knowledge about Him.
2. He (Ramanuja) tried to build a bridge between the popular movement based on Bhakti and the upper caste movement based on the Vedas.
3. The tradition established by Ramanuja was followed by a number of thinkers, such as Madhvacharya in north India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
3 only
2 only
1 and 2 only
1, 2 and 3
• Ramanuja tried to assimilate Bhakti to the tradition of the Vedas. He argued that in order to attain salvation, the grace of God was more important than knowledge about Him.
• Ramanuja emphasized that the Path of prapatti or total reliance on, or surrender to God was open to all, including the Shudras and the Dalits. Thus, Ramanuja tried to build a bridge between the popular movement based on Bhakti and the upper caste movement based on the Vedas.
• The tradition established by Ramanuja was followed by a number of thinkers, such as Madhvacharya (tenth century) and in north India by Ramananda, Vallabhacharya and others. In this way, Bhakti, in its popular form, became acceptable to all sections of the Hindu society by the early sixteenth century.
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