Vishishtadvaita
Sign in to savethumb|Ramanujacharya, who propounded the philosophy of Vishitadvaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita (IAST ''''; ) is a school of Hindu philosophy belonging to the Vedanta tradition. Vishishta Advaita means "non-duality with distinctions" and recognises Brahman (ब्रह्म) as the primordial quality while also acknowledging its existential multiplicity. This philosophy can be characterised as a form of qualified monism, or a qualified non-dualism. It upholds the belief that all diversity ultimately stems from a fundamental underlying unity.
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Key principles
- Epistemology
- Pramanas
- Rules of epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Ontology
- Chit
- Achit
- Ishvara
- Antaryamin
- Brahman
- Causality
- Soteriology
- Moksha (Liberation)
- Bhakti as the means of attaining moksha
- Traditions following Vishishtadvaita
- Relationship with other traditions
- Advaita Vedanta
- Dvaita Vedanta
- Shaiva Siddhanta
- Vaishnava traditions
- Buddhism and Jainism
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Ramanujacharya, who propounded the philosophy of Vishitadvaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita (IAST ''; ) is a school of Hindu philosophy belonging to the Vedanta tradition. Vishishta Advaita means "non-duality with distinctions" and recognises Brahman (ब्रह्म) as the primordial quality while also acknowledging its existential multiplicity. This philosophy can be characterised as a form of qualified monism, or a qualified non-dualism. It upholds the belief that all diversity ultimately stems from a fundamental underlying unity.
According to Vishishtadvaita vedanta, Vishnu (Narayana) is Brahman (Param Brahman), Supreme Lord (Ishvara), Supreme Person (Paramatman) and has noble attributes such as omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, and omnibenevolence. The universe depends upon God (Ishvara) for its being as well as for its qualities.
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