Ramanuja preached Visishtadvaita - Art & Culture

Q.  Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

1) Ramanuja, who was born in the twelfth century, preached Visishtadvaita.
2) As per the Advaita philosophy, he considered God as Nirgunabrahman (God without attributes).
- Published on 13 Aug 15

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Only 1
 
According to him God is Sagunabrahman (God with attributes). The creative process and all the objects in creation are real but not illusory as was held by Sankaracharya. Therefore, God, soul, matter are real. But God is inner substance and the rest are his attributes. He also advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. He invited the downtrodden to Vaishnavism.

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