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PHILOSOPHY OF RAMANUJA ·

  Saguna Brahman: According to Ramanuja,Brahman and Ishvara are one.According to Shankara,Brahman is without qualities,but Ramanuja conceives this absence of qualities is only absence of impure qualities.He possesses pure qualities.He is perfection incarnate as ‘Purusottama’.He possesses qualities like truth,knowledge and happiness.He is eternal and infinite. Brahman is omniscient,omnipotent and omnipresent.At the same time He possesses innumerable qualities.He is material as well as the efficient cause of the universe.He is the highest good.God is the creator,preserver and destroyer of the universe.He gives rewards and punishment to the jivas.He is the cosmic soul of which chit and achit are body. His body is glorified by the six qualities – knowledge,power,excellence,virility,energy and tejas .According to Ramanuja,the forms of Saguna Brahman or God are of five kinds,which are as follows : 1.Para : As the transcendent personal Lord,He is Para.This form of Brahman is ca...
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