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A summary account of Sankara's version of Vedānta:
(a) The nature of Brahma, Māyā and Jagat (both jada and cetana)
(b) The nature of bondage
(c) The nature of mokṣa
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A summary account of Rāmānuja's version of Vedanta :
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(a) The nature of Brahma and Jagat (both jaḍa and cetana)
(b) The nature of bondage and mokṣa Sankara and Rāmānuja compared contrasted
Further elaboration of Sankara's view : (a) Sankara on Brahma's causality of the world
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(b) The gradual development of Sankara's philosophy out of the old Upanisads (c) Brahma and Brahma
(d) For Sankara the jiva is Brahma (not Brahma) and it is Brahma (not becomes Brahma)
(e) Sankara's view contrasted with that of Yoga
(f) Sankara explains away-and with ease -the Upanisadic passages where they speak as if the jiva and jagat too are independent realities (like Brahma)
(g) Vedānta-like all idealism-goes against
commonsense
(h) Vedanta accepts the idea of God and of His worship-from a practical standpoint
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