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The vedanta being the end of the vedas arises out
of the Upanishads.
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The vedanta is technically classified as Uttara mimansa , uttara means ‘last’ and mimansa
means ‘investigation, examination, discussion’, therefore the last
considerations of the Vedas.
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Vedanta signifies the settled conclusions of the
vedas taken as whole
Advaita
vedanta
·
Most influential school of all.
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Brahma is the only reality and the world, as it
appears, is illusory
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An illusionary power of Brahma called Maya (cause
the world to arise ignorance of this reality is the cause of all suffering in
the world)
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Only upon true knowledge of Brahma can liberation
be attained
i)
Epistemology: Main sources, Perception,
Influences, Scriptural testimony
ii) Metaphysics:
- Brahma alone is true
- Maya is a potential energy or a dividing
force
- there is no difference in Brahma and individual soul
- Moksha- liberation from the cycle of
rebirth can be through knowledge
ii)
Axiology: ethical value, religious value, aesthetic
value and social value
Vishishtadvaita
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Jivatman is a part of Brahma and hence it is
similar and not identical
·
Brahma is asserted to have attributes, including
concouis souls and matter
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Brahma, matter and the individual souls are
distinct but mutually inseperable entities
·
Maya is seen as the creative power of God
Epistemology: Perception,
Inferences, Scriptural testimony
Metaphysics:
-Ultimate reality (Brahma or God), Prakriti:
Jiva, God, Moksha
Axiology: ethical value, religious value, aesthetic
value and social value
Dvaita
·
It identifies God with Brahma completely and in
turn with Vishnu or Krishna
·
Brahma- all individual souls and matter as eternal
and mutually separate entities
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Bhakti as route to liberation
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No concept of Maya
Dvaitadvaita
·
Based upon an earlier school called Bhedabheda
which was taught by Bhaskara
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Jivatman is at once the same as yet different from
Brahma-jiva relation may be regarded as Dvaita from one point of view and
advaita from another
