EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Ramanuja accepts the material causality of Brahman which is absolutely without personal modification and which has the transforming Prakrti as its body. Vivarta concept is rejected because Brahman is not the constituent cause of Maya, therefore Brahman cannot be the constituent cause of the world through Maya.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ramanuja maintains that Brahman is the supreme Person who is free of any imperfection, who is free of any evil, who has created the world, who governs and sustains the world, who is all-knowing, whose will is perfect, and who is the source of all truths. Thus, Brahman is the same as God.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Ramanuja, Brahman is Savishesha. It is regarded as self with excellent attributes but is devoid of all evil qualities. Ramanuja believes in the existence of amny souls. He maintains that God is the supreme eternal soul among the eternal souls.

Detailed explanation-4: -Advaita Vedanta recognizes two forms of causation, the material cause and the instrumental cause. According to the school Brahman is both the material and instrumental cause of creation.