Bhedabheda

Bhedbheda Vednta is a subschool of Vednta.

Other major names are Bhskara (8th and 9th

centuries),[1] Rmnujas teacher Ydavapraka,[1]
and Vijnabhiku (16th century).[1]

Etymology
4 References

Bhedbheda (Devanagari: ) is a Sanskrit word

meaning dierence and non-dierence".[1]

[1] Bhedabheda Vedanta. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2015-02-04.

Philosophy

[2] Sivananda 1993, p. 247-253.

The characteristic position of all the dierent Bhedbheda Vednta schools is that the individual self (jvtman)
is both dierent and not dierent from the ultimate reality known as Brahman. Bhedbheda reconciles the positions of two other major schools of Vednta. The Advaita
(Non-dual) Vednta that claims that the individual self is
completely identical to Brahman, and the Dvaita (Dualist) Vednta that teaches complete dierence between the
individual self and Brahman. Bdaryaas Brahma Stra (c. 4th century CE) may also have been written from
a Bhedbheda Vedntic viewpoint.[1]

5 Sources
Sivananda, Swami (1993), All About Hinduism, The
Divine Life Society

6 Further reading
Nicholson, Andrew J. (2010), Unifying Hinduism:
Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History, Columbia University Press

Each thinker within the Bhedbheda Vednta tradition

has their own particular understanding of the precise
meanings of the philosophical terms dierence and
non-dierence. Bhedbheda Vedntic ideas can traced
to some of the very oldest Vedntic texts, including quite
possibly Bdaryaas Brahma Stra (c. 4th century CE).

Complete English Translation of Sri Subodhini jee,

published in Collected Works of Sri Vallabhcharya
series, Sri Satguru Publications

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Inuence

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Bhedabheda

Bhedbheda ideas had an enormous inuence on the
devotional (bhakti) schools of Indias medieval period.
Among medieval Bhedbheda thinkers are:
Ramanuja (11th century), who pioneered the Sri
Vaishnava school of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
Nimbrka (13th century),
Dvaitadvaita school[1]

who founded the

Vallabha (1479-1531), who founded Shuddhadvaita

and the Puimrga devotional sect now centered in
Nathdwara, Rajasthan
Caitanya (1485-1533), the founder of Gaudiya
Vaishnavism based in the eastern Indian State of
West Bengal , and the theological founder of
Achintya Bheda Abhedavedanta[2]
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