VISHISHTADVAITA VEDANTA
Vishishtadvaita, qualified nondualism or nondualism with a difference so-called), is a school of Vedanta whose main proponent was Ramanuja (c.1017-1137).
It holds that all living creatures and non-living matter are parts of Brahman, who is their soul and controlling power. This is to say, all diversity is included in the underlying unity that is Brahman. Brahman contains all things as opposed to is all things, as in Advaita Vedanta.
Vishishtadvaita's Brahman is, at the same time, a Personal God, essentially.
There are three key principles of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta:
1. Knowledge of the three real entities, namely, living souls; the sentient (jiva) and the insentient (ajiva); and the creator and controller of the world (Brahman).
2. The means of realizing Brahman, which includes devotion (bhakti) and self-surrender (prapatti).
3. The goal to be attained, which is moksha, or liberation from the bondage that is the world of form.
It holds that all living creatures and non-living matter are parts of Brahman, who is their soul and controlling power. This is to say, all diversity is included in the underlying unity that is Brahman. Brahman contains all things as opposed to is all things, as in Advaita Vedanta.
Vishishtadvaita's Brahman is, at the same time, a Personal God, essentially.
There are three key principles of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta:
1. Knowledge of the three real entities, namely, living souls; the sentient (jiva) and the insentient (ajiva); and the creator and controller of the world (Brahman).
2. The means of realizing Brahman, which includes devotion (bhakti) and self-surrender (prapatti).
3. The goal to be attained, which is moksha, or liberation from the bondage that is the world of form.
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