Vedanta

The school built on the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita; the sixth darshana and the seedbed of the great Vedantic systems.

Under: Hindu (tradition)

Under Vedanta

Shankara's non-dual reading of Vedanta: the self and Brahman are one, and liberation is the knowledge of that identity.

Madhva's dualist reading of Vedanta: God and the self are eternally distinct, and devotion to Vishnu is the way to liberation.

Ramanuja's qualified non-dualism: the self is real and distinct, as the body of God, and devotion is the way to liberation.