{"product_id":"schools-of-vaiosnavism","title":"Schools of Vaiosnavism","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"over-view\" class=\"book-desc-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe book provides a detailed study of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eacarya\u003c\/em\u003es such as Sri Sankara, Sri Ramanuja, Sri Nimbarka, Sri Madhvacarya, Sri Caitanya, Sri Vallabha, Sri Sankaradeva and Sri Swami Narayana and their philosophies. The schools of Vaisnavism belonging to these venerable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eacarya\u003c\/em\u003es primarily promulgate for the seeker an alternate method which emphasizes that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esamsara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis real, liberation is real, and worship and meditation are equally real, not mock battles. God is accepted as the Ultimate Reality – merciful and gracious, the seat of all auspicious attributes – by whose grace alone one can be freed from the bondage of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esamsara\u003c\/em\u003e. These schools are well established in the Vedas and do not make a distinction between the Absolute (\u003cem\u003eBrahman\u003c\/em\u003e) and God (\u003cem\u003eISvara\u003c\/em\u003e) or equate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ejiva\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrahman\u003c\/em\u003e. Most of these schools, identify\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eISvara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrahman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith Visnu, who has a particular form (Catur-Bhujam, Sanku-Cakra, etc.) which distinguishes Him from other gods. All the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eacarya\u003c\/em\u003es of the schools of Vaisnavism had Lord Mahavisnu as the Supreme Reality, but for each one of them the Lord presented Himself in a different form. For example, for Sri Ramanuja, it was Sriman Narayana, for Sri Nimbarka, Sri Vallabha and Sri Caitanya it was Sri Krsna and for Sri Ramananda it was Sri Rama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis volume should invoke keen interest in the philosophical community and among the followers of Vaisnava Sampradaya, along with a wide range of students, researchers and teachers of all religious philosophies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"title-detail\"\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e     Foreword\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e     Preface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e     Abbreviations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Sankara\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Nimbarka\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Madhvacarya\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Caitanya Mahaprabhu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. Caitanya Mahaprabhu: Philosophy and Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. Vallabha: His Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8. Vallabha: His Philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9. Sankaradeva: Assam Vaisnavism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. The Life of Svami Narayana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11. The Teaching of Svami Narayana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12. Siksapatri (The Epistle of Precepts)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13. Conclusion \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e       Bibliography \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e       Index \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dr. P. 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