dvaita
द्वैत dvaitaDualism; the school of Vedanta founded by Madhva, holding that the individual self and brahman (God) are eternally distinct, the self real but dependent on God.
Where this term appears
- What are the Upanishads? Scriptures
Madhva, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, read them as teaching Dvaita , outright "dualism." For him the difference between the self and brahman is fundamental and eternal.
- What is the Bhagavad Gita? Scriptures
Madhva, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, teacher of Dvaita , dualism, read the Gita to confirm an eternal and complete distinction between God, the many souls, and matter, with surrender and grace as…
- Atman and Brahman Essentials
The third is Dvaita , "dualism," associated with Madhva (traditionally thirteenth century CE).
- Devas and Asuras Deities
…class of souls permanently unfit for release belongs to Madhva, whose Dvaita system sorts souls into those fit for liberation, those who revolve for ever, and the tamo-yogya , fit only for darkness.
- Tat tvam asi: three readings Philosophy
Madhva: thou art not that Madhva, the founder of Dvaita, "dualism," reads the same sentence and arrives at the opposite of Shankara.
- The Four Streams of Hinduism Essentials
There is the Brahma sampradaya of Madhva, whose thirteenth-century Dvaita pressed the distinction between soul and God into a full dualism.
- What is Advaita Vedanta? Philosophy
Madhva , in the thirteenth century, went further the other way and founded Dvaita , "dualism," holding that the difference between God, souls, and matter is absolute and eternal, never to be dissolved.
- What is Moksha? Essentials
Dvaita: liberation is eternal service Madhva, in the thirteenth century, pressed the distinction further into outright dualism.