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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Narasimha was born in a high-bred family of Nägara Brahmin, but he did not avail much of higher training in the classics. He was, however, original and he developed his philosophy of his own accord. He had to undergo numerous serious trials in his life and he failed in them; and as a result of desparation he gave up the practical life and took to Krsna-bhakti or devotion of Krsņa. He had also the inherent urge for the realisation of God and it fostered in his early youth.
Narasimha was a devout Vaisşava and the object of his devotion and worship was S'rikțşņa ( sigor). Narasimha believed in the efficacy of bhakti or devotion as the only sure and practicable means of attaining salvation. Narasimha, like Tulasidasa, Sūradāsa and Mīrābāi believed that the ultimate Reality is not nirguņa, but it is saguna, possessed of attributes in so far it is related to the devotees who can communicate with it only in its saguņa form. His Lord Kțsa is the all-pervading and infinite Reality. He is present in each and every object of the world; He is immensely vast and is present in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end. He is existent in the sun and the moon and He expands to those realms where the eye does not reach. He is ever-shining and is incomprehensible as He is often described as 'not this', 'not this'. He is the upholder of the earth and the Lord of the crores of Brahmandas; the crores of the Brahmāndas form only a pore (roma) of His body. His nature is both Nirgura and Saguņa (possessed of attributes). He Ā 44
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