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Though existence is thus `reality', Madhva recognizes that its highest expression must be metaphysical independence of every other

form of existence in finite reality, in respect of its being, powers and activity. Everything in finite reality is therefore grounded in the Independent Reality, known as Brahman and needs it for its being and becoming.

"The dependence of the world of matter and the souls on Brahman is in the sense that both are functioning at His will, which is the essential condition and sustaining principle that invests them with their reality; without which they would be but void names and bare possibilities. The dependent reals (as Madhva admits the plurality of the selves), by their very nature, can have no absolute or unlimited jurisdiction over one another and are distinct from Brahman.

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