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	Vishishtadvaita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The succession of great Master-Expositors and spiritual giants of Vishishtadvaita school starts with the twelve Alwars, who left behind an imperishable legacy of Tamil devotional poetry in the form of 4000 songs, now called the Nalayira-prabandham.
		He is said to have received the divine hymns straight from Nammalvar, the foremost of the twelve Alwars, by yogic insight in the temple at Alwar Thirunagari, which is located near Tirunelveli.
		Ramanuja was the first propagator of Vishishtadvaita philosophy on a national scale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vishishtadvaita (900 words)

	Tat tvam asi: vishishtadvaita interpretation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Different schools of philosophy interpret such fundamental statements in signficantly different ways, so as to be consistent with their own philosophical thought.
		Below is the interpretation of the Vishishtadvaita school.
		The Vishishtadvaita school objects to the derivation of the meaning of this statement by having recourse to Lakshanas or indirect meanings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tat_tvam_asi:_vishishtadvaita_interpretation (376 words)

	Vishishtadvaita - Vishishtadvaita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		Thus was bridged the gulf between God and Man. The supreme object of life is to cross that bridge and be at the feet of that Lord, to serve Him eternally in blissful love, in the divine world of Vaikuntha, not for one's pleasure, but for the pleasure of the Lord.
	learning-disabilities.adsenselabs.com /Tamil_people/Vishishtadvaita (1317 words)

	Vedanta - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Vishishtadvaita was propounded by Ramanuja and says that the jivatman is a part of Brahman, and hence is similar, but not identical.
		The epistemology of Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Mimamsa (ie, purva-) is common.
		All forms of Vedanta are drawn primarily from the Upanishads, a set of philosophical and instructive Vedic scriptures which deal mainly with forms of meditation.
	www.jaipurgrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Vedanta (1355 words)

	India Discussion Forum - Indian History, Culture, Politics, News, Strategic Security, Hinduism. -> Vedanta & Hindu ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In this article, as this is an effort to keep the study of Vedanta readable and understandable to a lay reader, a brief and short overview of three schools of thought and their similarities and differences are presented.
		Vishishtadvaita means “Not Two — in a special way” or “Only one — in a special way”.
		Vishishtadvaita system is the only one which explains both Bheda and Abheda with the help of Ghataka Shrutis.
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	Glossary of Sanskrit Terms: V-Y
		Also included in the ritual portion are the aranyakas which give a spiritual interpretation to the rituals.
		Vishishtadvaita The philosophy of qualified nondualism, founded by Ramanuja.
		Vishishtadvaita states that the individual soul and insentient matter are distinct from Brahman, but Brahman is the basis of their existence and reality.
	www.vedanta.org /wiv/glossary/glossary_vy.html (449 words)

	Hinduism's Online Lexicon - V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Examples are the Vishishtadvaita of Bhaskara (ca 950), the Shuddha Advaita, "pure nondualism," of Vallabha (ca 14751530) and, to a lesser degree, the Vishishtadvaita of Ramanuja.
		Vishishtadvaita: (Sanskrit) "Qualified nondualism." Best known as the term used by Ramanuja (ca 1017-1137) to name his Vaishnava Vedanta philosophy, which is nondualistic in that the ultimate truth or reality is one, not two, and souls are in fact part of God.
		Siva Vishishtadvaita was the term chosen by Bhaskara (ca 950) to name his philosophy.
	www.himalayanacademy.com /resources/books/dws/lexicon/v.html (4358 words)

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		They are each elaborate and complex and are concerned with the distinction between the Lord, man and the nature of the cosmos.
		Vishishtadvaita philosphy was founded by Shree Ramanujacharya (11th century AD).
		Arguing that the Lord has a definitie form, Lord Ghanshyam, advocated the Vishishtadvaita philosophy and explained it further.
	home.btconnect.com /alyavisya/Vishishtadvait.htm (294 words)

	Advaita Vedanta - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Advaita Vedanta (IAST ; Devanagari अद्वैत वेदान्त; IPA [ədvaitə vé:dα:ntə]) is probably the best known of all Vedanta schools of philosophy of Hinduism, the others being Dvaita and Vishishtadvaita (total six).
		Advaita rejuvenated much of Hindu thought and also spurred on debate that led to the expounding of Vishishtadvaita (qualified nondualism) and Dvaita (dualism).
		Advaita served to bring to the fore the Hindu/Vedic philosophy whose seed can be seen in the Rig Vedic statement "Truth is One, though the sages see it as many." Advaitism is definitely a very influential philosophy of India, secondary in global outreach only to Madhyamika of Buddhism.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Advaita_Vedanta (4937 words)

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		In those days Yamunacharya was the leader of the Vishishtadvaita School.
		He thought that Ramanuja was the right man for the task of guiding the Vishishtadvaita School.
		Ramanuja was taken to a place near a bakula tree, and after the preliminary rituals he was taught the philosophical intricacies of Vishishtadvaita.
	bharatadesam.com /people/ramanujacharya.php (4319 words)

	Introduction - Ramanujacharya
		Chief exponent of the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta and a great social reformer.
		These devotees are the Srivaishnavas and they follow the tenets of Vishishtadvaita.
		He gave a comprehensive form to the tenets of Vishishtadvaita.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/sages/ramanujacharya (198 words)

	Vallabhas
		The name of the system means (ii) that the Ultimate Reality about which it teaches is "non-dual" (a-dvaita) - see under Shankara for these points; and (iii) that this non-dual Real is "pure" (shuddha) - no possible second is allowed.
		It is a bhakti philosophy, as is, for instance, Vishishtadvaita (see under Ramanuja), and rejects the jnana marga (the way of knowledge, as represented by, for example, Shankara) as being unable to lead to the Truth.
		There is an absolute distinction between the worldly, common, profane, false (laukika) and the extraordinary, supernatural, sacred, true (alaukika): Vallabha revealed the pushti-marga in order to help human beings to progress from the one to the other.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/vallab.html (3524 words)

	Ramanuja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He held the Vishishtadvaita or qualified Nondualist belief that the world and Brahman were united, like a soul and a body are.
		His version of Indian Nondualism differed from Adi Shankara's because he acknowledged the existence of differences, and believed that the identity of an object as a part was as important as the unity of the whole.
		Adi Sankara had argued that all qualities or manifestations that can be perceived are unreal and temporary.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Ramanuja.htm (1759 words)

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		The Vishishtadvaita Vedanta (‘Qualified non-dualism’) school of thought is based on the ideas of Ramanuja, a 12th Century Vaishnavite monk.
		Ramanuja sought to remove Shankara’s concept of higher and lower levels of knowledge, respond to it, and respond to the concept of an illusory universe and explain the unity of the Jivatman and Paramatman.
		As for Ramanuja, he is criticised for the way in which he dismisses the idea of the removal of ignorance, in order to realise the relationship between the ‘self’ and the ‘absolute’.
	www.heathenfolk.net /forums/view_topic.php?id=1915&forum_id=91 (2487 words)

	Ramanuja [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		This is the doctrine known as "dharmabhutajnana" in the Vishishtadvaita tradition (Shrinivasadisa VII.2).
		And while his significance in the history of Indian philosophy may be under appreciated, his greater influence on the character and form of popular Hinduism may also be under-recognized, despite the fact that he is regarded as a saint in many parts of Southern India.
		According to Karl Potter, "Ramanuja's tradition can be said to represent one of the main arteries through which philosophy reached down to the masses, and it may be that Vishishtadvaita is today the most powerful philosophy in India in terms of numbers of adherents, whether they know themselves by that label or not" (Potter p.253).
	www.iep.utm.edu /r/ramanuja.htm (7956 words)

	Swaminarayan
		His teachings upon the classic questions of Indian religious philosophy (see, e.g.
		under Samkhya, Vallabha, Shankara) are firmly in the tradition of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta.
		Certain particular doctrines characterize the parent stem on the one hand, and the subgroups which have separated from it, on the other.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/swamin.html (1077 words)

	HERE-NOW4U :Introduction to Sundararajan's "Self-Consciousness In Ramanuja's Vedanta"
		Ramanuja, formerly being a follower of Shankara, adopted under the influence of the Alvars (prophet) and acaryas (master, teacher), the ideas of Vishnuism and finally became an ardent opponent of Shankara’s 'absolute monism' (kevaladvaita).
		This concept is based on the conviction, that Vishnu is the only eternal god, and that the only means of salvation is through the loving devotion towards Vishnu, basing on an intimate relationship between god and individual soul.
		R.K. Sundararajan, a professor of theology and profound knower of Indian philosophy and religion, analyzes in his article the different concepts of Vedanta, focusing on Ramanuja's vishishtadvaita and his understanding of 'self-consciousness'.
	www.here-now4u.de /eng/introduction__self-consciousne.htm (360 words)

	[Advaita-l] An adhyAsa challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Certain difficulties in the position of Advaita made a reconsideration of the whole of Vedaanta thought necessary and as result there appeared VishishTAdvaita.
		The knowledge of VishishTAdvaita and Dvaita is necessary to understand the scope of Advaita.
		The knowledge of Advaita and Dvaita is necessary to appreciate the significance of VisihshTAdvaita, and the knowledge of advaita and VishishTAdvaita is necessary to recognise the importance of Dvaita vEdAnta.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /archives/advaita-l/2003-June/012342.html (206 words)

	Surrender Yourself UnconditionallySpirituality - Indiatimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However, Ramanuja of the Vishishtadvaita philosophy explains that nirguna does not mean that God has no qualities, it only means that God has no bad gunas or qualities.
		Yet, He is generous and forgives those who seek forgiveness, which ultimately leads to their salvation.
		Vaishnavites believe that by seeking forgiveness through their Guru or Acharya, they will be absolved of all sins and come closer to salvation.
	spirituality.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-471427,prtpage-1.cms (641 words)

	Re: Siva as Yogi?
		As I said, Vishishtadvaita has been doing the same thing as advaita.
		I am not knowledgeable about Kashmir Shaivism, but I have read the Yoga Vashishta (a major Kashmir Shaivite text) and it says the same stuff as the Ajata school, with the word consciousness used more liberally.
		Advaita is used in the same sense as Sat, Chit, Ananda.
	www.hindunet.org /srh_home/1996_1/msg00003.html (905 words)

	Food for New Thought -- Hinduism and New Thought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The system he produced is called "Vishishtadvaita," which literally means "qualified" (or "complex") non-dualism, as opposed to the Kevala Advaita ("Absolute Non-dualism") of his predecessor.
		It is not surprising, then, with its devotional and theistic bent, that Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita became the theoretical underpinning of the sectarian brand of Hinduism that came to (and still does) dominate popular piety in India in general, and particularly Vaishnavism (the god Vishnu's sect of followers).
		The spiritual goal, however, is the same as in the Vishishtadvaita of Ramanuja: the enjoyment of God, especially in the avatara Krishna.
	websyte.com /unity/westerville/wuf/food/pl-hindunt2.htm (3019 words)

	Double Celebration: Sankara & RamanujaSpirituality - Indiatimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Their road maps to the Absolute reflect the essence of Indian spiri-tual thought and tradition, although they held divergent views â” while Sankara advocated monism or advaita, Ramanuja believed in vishishtadvaita, that contains elements of both advaita and dvaita philosophy.
		Ramanujaâs vishishtadvaita focuses on the relation between the world and God.
		Muslims of Verinag want base camp to Amarnath to be set up in their town.
	spirituality.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=45543197 (551 words)

	Ramanuja: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ramanuja was deeply moved and before the body of his would-be guru he pledged before God to do as he'd been requested, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		Ramanuja's philosophy is referred to as Vishishtadvaita because it combines Advaita (oneness of God) with Vishesha (attributes), Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		He was critical of the caste ((Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/ramanuja (1254 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions on Srivaishnavam.
		7.It is said that Vishishtadvaita is also an advaita.
		It is eternal and therefore, there is no age for this.
		Advaita and Vishishtadvaita have no connection at all.
	www.srivaishnava.20m.com /faq.html (6052 words)

	Beginning with Vedantic Vedantic Hindu Hindu philosophy the #256 tman Mascuine... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Many believe that individual "personal" soul souls exist as an illusion illusion only, and think of an ultimate msg:atman as the all-pervading soul soul of the universe universe: the universal life-principle, the animator of all organisms organisms, and the world-soul.
		This is the monistic Advaita Vedanta Advaita Vedanta position, which is critiqued by dualistic/theistic Dvaita Vedanta Dvaita Vedanta (which claims reality for both a God functioning as the ultimate metaphorical "soul" of the universe, and for actual individual "souls" as such) and compromise schools like Vishishtadvaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Vedanta.
		By contrast, Jiva Jiva is the psychological or phenomenological self, the "I" which appears as the subject of verbs.
	www.biodatabase.de /Atman (426 words)

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