Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t15.48

v1.c7.s7.t15.48

developed some basic concepts in Upanishad and “*Brahma-sutra*”. He admitted that Brahman is the original cause of all things. He thought that Brahman was Vishnu who is powerful, omniscient and omnipotent. God or Brahman owns the essence of unadulterated spirit, which exists in all different things. Madhva, like other ideologists of Vedanta, considered that Brahman, as the highest entity or supreme god, has the indescribability. Brahman exceeds the range that speech and ratiocination can reach. However, he opposed to the visible description of “Saguna-Brahman” (Apara) and the invisible and indescribable views of “Nirguna-Brahman” (Para) by some Vedanta thinkers of Advaita.