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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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with God whose the individual soul is a modification. His God is Nårāyaṇa who possesses infinite number of auspicious qualities, is omnipotent, omniscient, full of infinite love and mercy for His creation, and He is eternal. He possesses the six main qualities like greatness, knowledge, etc. He manifests Himself in the form of the four Vyūhas. Nimbūrka, Madhva, Vallabha also personify the Brahman and look upon Him as the ocean of love and mercy. Ramānuja with the other Acaryas and the Vaisnava bhaktas (the saints) maintains that God is merciful and allloving and He can redeem his devotees by pardoning their sins and by showing them grace, even by supervening the adrșța; but generally he does not do it to keep Himself free from the charges of partiality and injustice. The saivas also describe their God in the same way as the Vaisnavas; the Śaktas give more importance to the powers of God, which when absent, God becomes impotent. Kabir, Tulasidasa, Sūradása, Jñanesvara, Tukārāma, Narasimha Mehta, Caitanya, Mirābās and Rāmakrşņa do not deny the God's being above attributes (nirguņatva) but they all believe that the Brahman assumes personal form to meet and to save His devotees who are sincerely devoted to Him. Moreover, God can be worshipped and approached only by means of personal relation with Him. Frequently, the Vaişņava saints regard themselves as the parts, expressions, and modifications of God, like sparks of fire, waves of water, rays of the sun, and so on. They also look upon God as their lover and regard the soul to be
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