Ramanuja · Theology

The Self That Is Never Its Own

Ramanuja’s account of the self: each soul is a real, eternal, individual knower - atomic in size, an agent and enjoyer - yet by its very nature a dependent ‘mode’ of God, never existing for itself but always as God’s own.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned Ramanuja’s doctrine of the self ( jiva ): the soul is a real, eternal, atomic, individual knower and agent - distinct from God and from other souls - yet its very essence is dependence : it exists as a mode of Brahman, ‘a part’ of the Lord, never for itself. Reconstruct how this avoids both Sha…

Leads to Aquinas.

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