A focus on Advait ,Vishistadvait & Dvait Philosophy

अद्वेत, विशिष्टाद्वेत और द्वेत दर्शन

Here I mention about what are the basic Different between these Philosophy as per my Understand. Let’s look here that what these philosophy saying about ब्रह्म & जगत्.

Advaita-

Adi Shankaracharya is considered the propagator of this philosophy .This is the oldest school of Vedanta, and it states that Brahman is the only reality and the world is illusory (Maya). Ignorance of the reality is what causes suffering, and liberation can be obtained only by true knowledge of Brahman. It states that both the individual self (Atman) and Brahman are the same, and knowing this difference causes liberation. The quintessence of Shankara’s philosophy is “ब्रह्म सत्य जगत् मिथ्या, जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः” It’s Meaning is Brahman (the absolute) alone is real; this world is unreal, and the jiva or the individual soul is non-different from Brahman. The Jiva or the individual soul identifies itself with the body-mind complex due to Avidya (ignorance). Its individuality lasts only as long as it identifies itself with its limiting adjuncts. The moment the Jivatma understands its infinite power by jnana (knowledge), it loses its individuality and realizes its Satchitananda nature (infinite nature).

Vishishtadvaita -

This philosophy was pioneered by Ramanujacharya during the 11th century. Vishishtadvaita literally means the Unique Advaita, that is, Advaita with some amendments. While it accepts Brahman as the unified whole, it states He is characterized by multiple forms. According to Ramanujacharya, souls are intrinsically the same and all souls are alike in their quality. God stands for the whole universe and matter and souls form His body, He being THEIR soul. God is viewed as the cause and also as the effect. Ramanuja's philosophy is a fusion of the Vedas and the Bhagavata Purana. Vishishtadvaita is qualified monism, where God alone exists, but it admits plurality of souls. It is midway between Advaita and Dvaita philosophies. God and the individual souls are inseparable, just like the fire and spark. In liberation, the Jivatma understands Paramatma, but do not merge in Paramatma.

Dvaita-

Madhvacharya propounded this philosophy . It considers Brahman and Atman as two different entities, and Bhakti as the route to eternal salvation.

According to Dvaita, Jivatma are many and Paramatma is one. Concerning the soul Madhvacharya says that no two souls are alike. They each have different characteristics, different states of happiness/sorrow...the soul becomes similar to God in some respects when it is liberated, yet even in these respects it is much inferior to God.

With the above view I may says that three philosophies are the different stages of spiritual evolution. So, no philosophy is inferior to the each other. Most of us are the follow of Dvaita philosophy. we feel that God is the controller on our life, God is different from us. Advaita philosophy exactly conveys the meaning of the Upanishads, Brahma Sutra and Bhagavad Gita.

“नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन।

यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्यस्तस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूं स्वाम् ॥”