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<strong>Hinduism</strong>: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 210<br />
their salvation. The soul has to comprehend this Inner Reality, rid itself<br />
of the three-fold miseries of life and merge in the infinite bliss of the<br />
eternal sanctity of God. This is moksha. This is a communion with God,<br />
not a realization of complete identity.<br />
Other Acharyas of the Vishnavite tradition are:<br />
• Nathamuni (823-923 AD)<br />
• Yamunacary(916-1036 AD)<br />
• Parasara<br />
• Bhattar<br />
• Pillan<br />
• Sudarsanasuri and<br />
• Rangaramanuja<br />
The gross errors of Advaita are overcome by Ramanuja by giving the full<br />
inhomogenity within Brahman. The Brahman, according to this<br />
philosophy, is not attributeless but it is full of attributes. Brahman is<br />
Sarvaguna, possessing infinite number of attributes. But these are<br />
selective qualities like jnana (knowledge), bala (strength), veerya<br />
(courageousness), shakti (power), tejas (brilliance), satyakama (desire of<br />
good), satyasamkalpa, kaarunya (merciful compassion) etc. Brahman is<br />
the antithesis of all imperfections and negative qualities, like anger, pain,<br />
hunger, death, evil, sin, sickness and so on. Brahman is eternal, pervades<br />
all, is the cause of the entire creation. Being the creator Brahman is the<br />
only Independent Entity and the Support of the other two entities in the<br />
cosmos viz., souls (Jiva) and the material world (Jagat). Since there was<br />
nothing outside of Brahman, the created is also part of the creator but<br />
distinct from it.<br />
There are three entities Chit, Achit and Iswara. There is unity in this<br />
trinity. The cosmos is the body of the Lord. Ishwara is the head of the<br />
cosmos whole Cosmos, the entire universe, is the body of Brahman.<br />
Brahman is like Man because Man was created in the Image of Brahman.<br />
In Man, Jiva is in this body (Sarira). Jiva is the Saririn (in-body) while<br />
the body is the Sarira. Brahman is the Lord. Jivas are His servants. While
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