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Rāmānuja holds that selves and the world are real, dependent on brahman and distinct within its unity. How can such difference belong to brahman instead of vanishing once it is understood?
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Guided course · Module 7 · Lesson 37
Self and ultimate reality: two Vedānta accounts
Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja read the same scriptural words about self and brahman in different ways, and give different accounts of unity, difference and the knowledge that liberates.