INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ramanuja is the main proponent of Vishishtadvaita philosophy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ramanuja’s teachings were based on the idea of qualified non-dualism. This means that there is a fundamental oneness underlying all existence, but this oneness is qualified by difference. In other words, there is both unity and diversity in the universe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Visistadvaita is the name given to the philosophy of Sri Ramanuja and his followers. It means ‘advaita” = “oneness”; “Visistasya” = of the Lord who is “qualified.” Here the Lord is qualified by a ‘body’ (sarira) constituted by the animate (cit) souls and the inanimate (acit) universe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ramanuja became a priest at the Varadharāja Perumal temple (Vishnu) at Kānchipuram, where he began to teach that moksha (liberation and release from samsara) is to be achieved not with metaphysical, nirguna Brahman but with the help of personal god and saguna Vishnu.