continue from Dualism..
Vishishtadvaita or Qualified Monism
Next comes the higher Vedandic Philosophy than Dvaitha.Which says god is both the material and efficient cause of this Universe. if you (dvaita philosophers) say there is god who is an infinite being, a soul which is also infinite, and a nature which is also infinite, you cant go on multiplying infinities without limit, which is simply absurd; you smash all logic. So God is both the material and efficient cause of the universe; he projects this universe out of himself. Then how is it that god has become these walls and this table, that god has become the pig and the murderer, and all the evil things in the world? We say that god is pure. How can he become all these degenerate things? Our answer is just as I am a soul and have a body, and, in a sense, this body is not different from me, yet I, the real I, in fact, am not the body. For instance, I say I am a child, a young man or an old man, but my soul has not changed. It remains the same soul. Similarly, the whole universe comprising all nature, and an infinite number of soul, is as it were, the infinite body of god. He is interpenetrating the whoe of it. He alone is unchangeable, but nature changes and soul changes. He is unaffected by changes in soul and nature. In what way does nature change? In its forms; it takes fresh forms.
But the soul cannot change that way. The soul contracts and expands in knowledge. It contract by evil deeds. Those deeds which contracts the real natural knowledge and purity of the soul are called evil deeds. Those deeds, again, which bring out the natural glory of the soul, are called good deeds. All these were pure, but they have become contracted; through the mercy of God, and by doing good deeds, they will expand and recover their natural purity. Every one has the same chance, and in the long run, must get out. But this universe will not cease, because it is Eternal. This is the second theory of Vedanta. The first one is called Dualism or Dvaita. The second one holds that there are god, soul and nature, and souls and nature from the body of God, and therefore these three form one Unit. It represents a higher stage of religious development and goes by the names of Qualified Monism or Vishishtadvaita.
In dualism, the universe is conceived as a large machine set going by God, while in Qualified monism, it is conceived as an organism inter-penetrated by the Divine self.
Next came the Super most Philosophy of Vedanta Advaita Vedanta or Non Dualism..
Vishishtadvaita or Qualified Monism
Next comes the higher Vedandic Philosophy than Dvaitha.Which says god is both the material and efficient cause of this Universe. if you (dvaita philosophers) say there is god who is an infinite being, a soul which is also infinite, and a nature which is also infinite, you cant go on multiplying infinities without limit, which is simply absurd; you smash all logic. So God is both the material and efficient cause of the universe; he projects this universe out of himself. Then how is it that god has become these walls and this table, that god has become the pig and the murderer, and all the evil things in the world? We say that god is pure. How can he become all these degenerate things? Our answer is just as I am a soul and have a body, and, in a sense, this body is not different from me, yet I, the real I, in fact, am not the body. For instance, I say I am a child, a young man or an old man, but my soul has not changed. It remains the same soul. Similarly, the whole universe comprising all nature, and an infinite number of soul, is as it were, the infinite body of god. He is interpenetrating the whoe of it. He alone is unchangeable, but nature changes and soul changes. He is unaffected by changes in soul and nature. In what way does nature change? In its forms; it takes fresh forms.
But the soul cannot change that way. The soul contracts and expands in knowledge. It contract by evil deeds. Those deeds which contracts the real natural knowledge and purity of the soul are called evil deeds. Those deeds, again, which bring out the natural glory of the soul, are called good deeds. All these were pure, but they have become contracted; through the mercy of God, and by doing good deeds, they will expand and recover their natural purity. Every one has the same chance, and in the long run, must get out. But this universe will not cease, because it is Eternal. This is the second theory of Vedanta. The first one is called Dualism or Dvaita. The second one holds that there are god, soul and nature, and souls and nature from the body of God, and therefore these three form one Unit. It represents a higher stage of religious development and goes by the names of Qualified Monism or Vishishtadvaita.
In dualism, the universe is conceived as a large machine set going by God, while in Qualified monism, it is conceived as an organism inter-penetrated by the Divine self.
Next came the Super most Philosophy of Vedanta Advaita Vedanta or Non Dualism..