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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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by Karmi, and limited in knowledge, power, and joy. The sāktas also hold that the souls are imperfect in knowledge and power and that they are the expressions of S'akti that is inseparable from S'iva, the highest Reality.
The Medieval Vaisnava Saints, being the worshippers of God, believe that the ultimate Reality is not abstract, but it is concrete; and hence they believe in a Personal God like Rāma, Kışņa, Vithoba, Pånduranga, and Nārāyana. Jnanes'vara believes that the soul is identical in essence with God like the waves with the ocean, lustre of jewel with jewel, and it can be fully absorbed in God as does salt in water, in Moks. Jianes'vara propounds Advaitabhakti and gives more emphasis on Advaita or nondifference. Kabir believes that the ultimate Reality is attribute'ess and that the souls are parts of God like the sparks of fire and the waves of water; the souls are governed by . Māyā and ignorance. Tulasidāsa holds that Rāma is the highest Reality and He is all-pervading, and therefore, immanent in all things. He governs all the beings from within. Suffering is due to Māyā. Tulasidāsa adopts a relation of servant and master between the devotee and God. Şūradāsa loves much the Lilā of Krsņa and His loving and merciíul nature. Mirabā i imagines herself to be the female beloved of God Krsna who is her sole support and the only object of devotion and love. According to her, Kęsna is the only male person in the Universe The concept of sex is sublimated in her mysticism. Narasimha Mehta believes
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