Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.18
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.18
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They maintain the difference between *jīva* (individual soul) and *Paramātman* (Absolute Being) but also treat *jīvātman* at par with *Paramātman*. The world to them is of two types — sentient and non-sentient. The non-sentient is of three kinds — *bhogya* (object), *bhogopakaraṇa* (instrument) and *bhogāyatana* (site of fruition). Rāmānuja Darśana also differs from Śāṅkara-Vedānta by the way of holding *karman* as necessary.