Ramanuja · Theology

A God With a Face

Against the impersonal absolute, Ramanuja argues that the highest reality is a supreme Person - the Lord Narayana - full of infinite auspicious qualities, the inner controller dwelling in every heart.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Ramanuja’s Brahman is saguna - possessed of qualities - and personal: the supreme Self, Narayana, full of knowledge, power, love, and beauty, who dwells within all beings as their inner controller ( antaryamin ). Reconstruct his argument that a quality-less absolute could be neither the cause of the w…

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