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Tulasidasa depicted his Rama as the ultimate Reality. He sang that there is only one God. He is the Universal Soul, the Supreme Spirit; He is all-pervading and Uncreated. He is All-good, All-powerful, All-gracious, and extremely compassionate to His creation and His faithful devotees. Such an omnipotent being is God and He assumes concrete form and becomes incarnate out of love and compassion for His children to relieve them of the evil and destructive forces of the world. In his theology, Tulasidāsa attributes to the philosophical Reality which is the Brahman, which is passionless, formless, attributeless, the quality of goodness (sattva).' Tulasidāsa supported the Vedanta system in so far as the nature of the Ultimate Reality or Brahman is concerned. The Brahman is described by him as God or Rāma who is immeasurable, sinless, omiscient, and full of bliss. He is the destroyer of duality and the theme of the Veda and Vedānta. He is the transcendent being, unbegotten source of light and life. He is the sovereign of the universe, preceptor of the gods, and becomes manifest in the world's delight. Thus, as Bhandarkar says Tulasidasa was a teacher of Bhaktimarga or the path of devotion, which is based upon a dualistic philosophy with a leaning towards Spiritual monism of the Advaita system.3
Tulasidāsa describes his God Rama as the Absolute Intelligence (cit-fa), Perfect Goodness
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1 Carpenter J. E.: Theism in Medieval India, p. 511. 2 Ibid. p. 511.
3 Bhandarkar R. G.: Vaisnavism, S'aivism and Minor Religious Systems, p. 75.
