Vedanta-parijata-saurabha

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The Vedanta-parijata-saurabha is a commentary on the Vedanta-sutras by the 13th-century philosopher Nimbarka. Nimbarka, a Telugu-speaking Brahman, founded the Nimbarkas sect, which worshipped the deities Krishna and Radha.12

Nimbarka's philosophy, known as Bhedabheda, emphasizes both the identity and difference between the world and finite souls in relation to Brahman. His sect believed that liberation from the cycle of rebirth is achieved through surrender to Radha-Krishna, stressing the importance of bhakti yoga, or the yoga of devotion. This philosophy posits God as the independent reality, controlling souls and matter, which are dependent realities.12

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…the Vedanta-sutras is known as Vedanta-parijata-saurabha and is commented on by Shrinivasa in his Vedanta-kaustubha. Of the three realities admitted—God, souls, and matter—God is the independent reality, self-conscious, controller of the other two, free from all defects, abode of all good qualities, and both the material and efficient cause of…
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…the Vedanta-sutras is known as Vedanta-parijata-saurabha and is commented on by Shrinivasa in his Vedanta-kaustubha. Of the three realities admitted—God, souls, and matter—God is the independent reality, self-conscious, controller of the other two, free from all defects, abode of all good qualities, and both the material and efficient cause of…
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