Vishishtadvaita Advaita Vedanta
ramanuja s vishishtadvaita school , shankara s advaita school both nondualism vedanta schools, both premised on assumption souls can hope , achieve state of blissful liberation; in contrast, madhvacharya , dvaita subschool of vedanta believed souls eternally doomed , damned. shankara s theory posits brahman , causes metaphysical unchanging reality, while empirical world (maya) , observed effects changing, illusive , of relative existence. spiritual liberation shankara full comprehension , realization of oneness of 1 s unchanging atman (soul) same atman in else being identical nirguna brahman. in contrast, ramanuja s theory posits both brahman , world of matter 2 different absolutes, both metaphysically real, neither should called false or illusive, , saguna brahman attributes real. god, man, states ramanuja, has both soul , body, , of world of matter glory of god s body. path brahman (vishnu), asserted ramanuja, devotion godliness , constant remembrance of beauty , love of personal god (saguna brahman, vishnu), 1 leads 1 oneness nirguna brahman.
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