Madhva & Dvaita Vedanta 

I love your videos on Hinduism. As a Shakta, it would be really cool if you made a video about Shaktism. You may find its mysterious origins and colorful history interesting.

Great video. I am a Muslim (focussing also on spirituality), but I love listening and learning about other religions and common themes and understanding. Great video, learnt a lot. Peace and love to all.

Yessss. I love this channel. I've always wanted to learn more about Hinduism as a Muslim. Perfect timing!

Dwitha is a prominent in the south of India especially in karnataka and Andra Pradesh. What was spawned along with this philosophy was a set of carnatic musical tradition that has lasted to this day.

It was a great video, thank you so much for making it🙏 The entire Philosophy of madhvacharya is summarised by Vyas tirtha(stalwart madhvite) Harih Paratarah, Satyam Jagat, Tattvatho Bhedho Jivagana, Hareranucara, Nichoccabhavam gatah | Muktir Naijasukhanubhutir, Amala Bhaktih Tatsadhanam, Hyakshradi Tritayam Pramanam, Akhilamnayaikavedyo Harih || 1-Vishnu(God) Alone is Supreme or independent, 2-the world is real,(Against Shankar's Mithyatva) 3- Hierarchy or diffence amongst the beings as per their innate nature. (a-God and souls are not identical,(b)- No two souls are identical to one another, (c) neither two materials are numerically identical to each other, (d)-world is not identical to God, (e) Souls are not identical to the world) 4- Everything is dependent on Vishnu and every soul is servant of vishnu. 5-There is innate hierarchy amongst the souls(one better than the other based on innate nature). 6- Liberation is experiencing one's own Intrinsic bliss without any pain and pleasure which is only possible in god's abode (Vaikuntha). God's supreme heaven is the place where souls enjoys pleasure and bliss for eternity along with God. 7-There is no way to liberation or moksha other than loving devotion to Vishnu which culminates in his vision and consequently the fetters of the hearts are broken and the soul is released. 8- There are 3 valid means of knowledge; perception, Anumaan(unerring inference) and Vedas(Revelation). 9 - Vishnu alone is praised by all scriptures Be it Vedas, Puranas, Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana, etc

Wow. I am from Udupi and my entire family since centuries have been Madhva followers. In Udupi he opened a ashtha matha, 8 temples. The Krishna matha is the main one. Madhvaacharya found the Krishna idol in the river, it had flown from Mathura. The priests in Mathura did that to save the Krishna idol from being destroyed from the Muslim invaders. The pejwar swamy is known as reincarnation of Madhvaacharya. But we never say we are vaishnavites, for us yes Vishnu is the end. But we do worship other gods too.

Excellent explanation on Dvaita system of philosophy --- Hats off for taking such pain in creating this video -- let the whole world know Madhvacharya a great Guru

I have now gained a deeper understanding of Hinduism after watching your trilogy about Vedanta, I hope one day you make more videos explaining about the 5 other schools of Indian philosophy - Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga and Mimaṃsa, thank you for your videos.

Incredible series so far, my favourite of your work Filip. Please do more on Vaiṣṇavism in the future especially Gauḍīya and Śuddhādvaita; there is so little academic and thorough information on Sanātana Dharma like this out there, these are fulfilling a great need.

Super excited to watch this! I've been waiting for this treatment since your Ramanuja video!

The amount of engagement is these comments is really stunning. I am another huge lover of your Hinduism content. I had to research this on my own, and your vids and bibliography are a fantastic source for me

This is a song that I originally composed in Marathi, it covers the interpretation of four different schools of vedanta. Hope this will be helpful. प्रबुद्ध तो शंकर ज्यानी व्याख्यीले उपनिषदः सर्व ज्ञानी झाला तोची जानीले ब्रह्मणः भेदुनी अंधकार त्यानी उपदेशीले अद्वैतः ब्रह्म सत्यं जगत मिथ्या हेची वेदांतः प्रबुद्ध तो रामानुजन ज्यानी व्याख्यीले उपनिषदः सर्व ज्ञानी झाला तोची जानीले ब्रह्मणः भेदुनी अंधकार त्यानी उपदेशीले विशीष्ठ अद्वैतः चीत अचित विशीषठ ब्रह्म हेची वेदांतः प्रबुद्ध तो माधव ज्यानी व्याख्यीले उपनिषदः सर्व ज्ञानी झाला तोची जानीले ब्रह्मणः भेदुनी अंधकार त्यानी उपदेशीले द्वैतः ब्रह्म ज्ञान द्वैतः निर्भर, अनिर्भर हेची वेदांतः प्रबुद्ध तो बलदेव ज्यानी व्याख्यीले उपनिषदः सर्व ज्ञानी झाला तोची जानीले ब्रह्मणः भेदुनी अंधकार त्यानी उपदेशीले अचिंत्य भेद अभेदः अकल्पनीय एकता, अनेकता हेची वेदांतः Translation Enlightened is that Shankaracharya, who has interpreted Upanishads. He who has known “Brahman” has known everything the world has to offer. Piercing the darkness prevalent in this world, he has preached “Non-dualism”. “Brahman is the only truth and the world is an illusion” is his interpretation. Enlightened is that Ramanujanacharya, ****Remains same*** he has preached “Qualified Monism/ Qualified Non-dualism”. “Sentient and insentient beings are small part. Enlightened is that Madhavacharya, ****Remains same**** he has preached “dualism”. “Supreme knowledge of Brahman is duality which is dependent and independent” is his interpretation. Enlightened is that Baldevacharya ****Remains same**** he has preached “Inconceivable difference indifference”. “Unimaginable ones and duality” is his interpretation.

Had been waiting so so eagerly for your next video on Hinduism!!

Very excited for the video!

Love your videos on Hinduism. So we’ll researched and explained! Thank you!

This is uncanny because I was just at my local Madhwa temple yesterday in Edison,NJ

The timing of this is perfect I was just having a conversation today about what the key differences are between the dvaita,advaita and vishistaadvaita Vedanta schools of thought. Looking forward to this. 🙏

Hi , I'm an Engineer, A philosophy student, A regular viewer and admirer of you . And yes, I am born in Madhwa tradition. A beautiful video, nicely explained. But I missed the concept of 'Bimba' , the soul being a reflection of God. I felt it could be elaborated more...... Regards😊

I am a Madhwa by birth, The study he made on Madhwa acharya and the dvaita sidhanta is so good that the followers don’t know, well explained, keep up the good work

Looking forward to videos on Shaivism. Especially Kashmir Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta (more than one school). Om Namah Shivaya

Thank you very much for this video! Your channel is great!

Thank you for elaborating on the topmost spiritual philosophy and practice in the universe.

I've been watching and enjoying your videos for a while now and I appreciate the way you dive into different schools within 'Hinduism'. I was hoping that someday you might be able to make a video on Kashmir Shaivism as it would really bring light to one of the most unique and interesting schools of thought. Thanks and I look forward to more!

Hindu religions are the most interesting for me I really appreciate your well executed deep dives on certain sects like this.

Thank you for exposing the viewers with all the philosophies of all cultures :)

I didn’t know you had made this video already and was just going to suggest a video on Madhvacharya… Jai Sri Krishna!

I am so happy to have discovered your channel !

Thanks for the excellent presentation. It could serve as an ideal segue to the Bhakti Movement - with its poetry and music, popular expressions and, of course, great social impact.

I was just wondering when you were working on this video and you posted one day earlier 🤣 great work as usual.

This channel is like getting an IV of information 👍

जय श्री कृष्णा। सनातन धर्म पर बहुत ही सुंदर और सत्य वर्णन किया है। बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद नमस्ते। Very truthful explanation .love you brother. Please make video on ashtavakra gita the highest spiritual text in all of Hinduism or entire world.

It's interesting how most of these figures come from the Vaishnava tradition. It would be cool if there was a video that explored Shaivism a little more deeply.

I learned so much from this channel, i really love your videos, the delivery and everything. Would be really nice if you make a video on René Guénon's metaphysics, and the perennial philosophy

Great channel, love it.

Hinduism is interesting to me it seems very vast

Another great teaching Brother Holm!

Really great! Thank you so much.

Happy Saraswati puja to all 🙏

The differences between Dvaita and Advaita are pretty clear, but I would have liked to hear more about the differences between Dvaita and Vishishtadvaita.

Dude you have done incredible work. I know it takes a lot of reaserch in giving this gist. God(Vishnu) bless you.

God reward you with the best!

We as Madhvas worship many gods but we believe Vishnu is the supreme...We even worship the Vedic gods like Vaayu and we consider that Madhvacharya was the incarnation of Vaayu himself and Vaayu is also the future Brahma after this Mahakalpa...One difference between Madhvas and other Vaishnavaite sects is that we Worship Shiva as Rudradev...We also believe in Meditation and realisation of self...The Mathas follow the Ekadandi system only like the Advaitins..

Well explained. Hari Sarvothamma Vayu Jeevothama ✌️

Well done video. Many people in the modern yoga world may be more familiar with the Yoga Sūtra attributed to Patañjali, without necessarily realizing that Patañjali is philosophically highly dualistic. In some ways very similar to Madhva, but with more emphasis on meditation than on devotion, and of a mildly Śaiva but mostly non-sectarian flavor in which liberation is conceptualized as the isolation of the individual consciousness (puruṣa) from material embodiment (prakṛti), thereby becoming a mirror of a non-sectarian, eternally free soul or God (Īśvara). Some of my non-dualistic Śākta/Śaiva tantra teachers use that text as a primer for developing the discernment utilized in jñāna yoga, which has a far more solar nature compared to the lunar nature of bhakti yoga.

Fantastic video Filip. Would love to see a video on Kapila's Samkhya.

Loving this Series. ❤

As someone whose actions has always been determined through seeking and logical reasoning, I am an Advait, and aspiring Gyana Yogi 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Brilliant Explanation and exposition of hindu philosophy. Lucid

Thank you for explaining Hinduism

I like how you draw parallels with the theosophical ideas of Western scholars like Plato in forming a more comprehensive understanding of the teachings of these three Vedantic schools of thought.

The word MY comes to my mouth with a stronger and stronger tone of courage, the courage of agency, but the kind of courage that require substantiations Only God can begin to fathom. The kind of courage required when success of forever get’s one dance, the courage that lends itself to precision without a single detail left to chance, Yet the path appears clear with each step, which I measure with some some songs from you and some birds I know and will never, ever forget. God is with you.

Superb. Many thanks.

just today i saw your advaita vishisht advaita & when i searched for dvaita vedanta your video poped up and i really got surprised because i wanted to known from you

Loved it !!!

nice nice, love this insights specially about vedic ideology

If all the religions in the world were on one side, Hinduism, with its own (divisional) religions, would outweigh them all many times. Do you agree?

Yoga: Would like to watch a video about the role and understanding of yoga within Hinduism.

Very very perfect interpretation

Madhava was correct to think of Vishnu as The Brahman mentioned in The Upanishads. In Brahma Samhita Verse 40, Lord Brahma himself says to Sri Krishna (Vishnu), that he is the Supreme Brahman of the Upanishads!

The ISCON draws heavily from the trachings of Madhava in it's perception of Brahman and emphasis on devotional worship.

I am from India and I really love your analysis.❤❤

I love how you described the three Vedantic schools of thought as a spectrum rather than three completely separate theosophical ideas.Infact any practicing Hindu can fall anywhere in this spectrum in their understanding of the Brahman.

It would be amazing if you did a video on Trika Shaivism.

Excellent job. Well done

This was a super interesting video

Can't wait to see the explanation of Dvaita-Advaita Tattva.

Thank you for this. Please do more Vedanta

If you really want to understand world philosophy,psychology , conciousness . Please read Upanishads

I love to see the video of Indonesian Hinduism like Tengger and Balinese Hinduism

Its travesty that despite being a hindu and follower of bhakti tradition, I was not aware of these different vedanta philosophies. I'm basically madhavacharya follower although I didn't knew about it until now. For me, devotion is ultimate thing and we can really be liberated by doing devotion. Karma yoga and jyana yoga is prerequisite to doing bhakti yoga.

Another masterpiece

Marvellous, how are your pronunciations so clear and impeccable?

Very nice presentation

Hare hare Mahadev.

Interesting stuff

As usual brilliant video!! if I may allow myself the smallest nitpicks- gyaan is only the modern North Indian pronunciation of "jnana", the jn is originally realised more like the French name "Jean" if you take away the vowel in the middle. Also vayu being Vishnu's son is something that I've never heard of, it doesn't seem to fit how Vishnu is normally portrayed as on a whole other class of being as the demigods

Hare Krsna dear Let's Talk, thank you so much for making such nice in depth clear videos. In this video at 9.28 I just paused it to write this comment: You state that hindu religions more or less have the same goal and just interpret different ways to get there? As a practicing devotee from the Brahma Madhava Gaudiye line, while many elements of our understanding are the same such as Karma, Samsara, our goals are very different thus the path to attain those goal are also different. For the Buddists or Voidists, the goal is to realize absolutely nothing exists so this is their "Moksa". For the Mayavadis or impersonalists, followers of Shankara Acarya, the goal is to realize "it is all one", me, this world, god, are all one and the same, we all came from One and we will merge into oneness again. So this is their "Moksa" For the followers of Ramanuja and Madhava Acaryas, there is a very important and distinctive difference from the previous lines. These lines accept that both the soul and God, are eternally distinct, eternally individual and eternally have a relationship wherein the soul, jiva serves the supersoul ( Visnu/Krsna) superior power or potency, the cause of all causes. The relationships to be had with God are mainly in servitorship , friendship, parental or conjugal. So our goal is not the moksha of the buddists nor of the impersonalists thus our daily practice is in the bhakti yoga line wherein we seek to serve God, Visnu with loving service action and attitude and our aim is to regain entrance into our original soul world known as Vaikuntha. This is not to be confused with the Abrahamic teachings of "heaven". Entrance into Vaikuntha is attained when one becomes free of any "I want", "For me" attitude, I love my Lord, I want to please Him, I want to be used to give Him please. This is the realm of pure unconditional love of Godhead.

Could you also make a video on Bhedabheda Vedanta? Btw (16:00), the way how Madhva saw human soul as a mirror image of God reminds me of Augustine's very similar kind of idea.

Could you also list the music? The atmosphere you bring to every video is very special and i think we’d like to explore those textures. If that’s ok with you of course 🙏🏽

Nice videos subbed , Next cover "Achintya bheda abheda" of lord chaitanya please🙏🕉️

Can you make a video on chaitanya mahaprabhu and iskcon It will be awesome Great vid btw

Thank you !!

I don’t know if you have already looked into this but I would love a podcast from you and or an audio format of your videos

Madvacharya is still living to this day in Bhadri. -Udupi Priest.

🙏💗Jai Sanatana💗🙏

Nice video and interpretation 👏👏👏 My personal thought is that, Dvaita and Advaita both are needed. Just like when we are awake and live our day to day life, we are in Dvaita (everything is separate). But when we go into deep sleep, we are in Advaita state. Both are necessary. Dvaita is like calling a product, a product whereas Advaita is like breaking down a product into its components and finding the basic underlying element. Thirdly, it's my observation that the people who begin with Advaita, end up in Dvaita (poorva paksha and uttar paksha) and vice versa. Both Gyana and Bhakti are incomplete without each other.

Namaskara! Some people asked about difference between Vishishtadvaita and Dwaita. So here goes. One important difference is that Madhva's Tatvavada (Dwaita) advocates that the difference between god (independent, supreme, flawless, and full of sadgunas) and jeevas (dependent, having flaws, etc.) is not temporary (i.e. not just in samsara) but rather that difference is permanent and continues even in moksha, whereas Ramanujacharya's Vishishtadvaita advocates that in Moksha the jeeva merges with the supreme god. In fact that is why Ramanujacharya's school is called Vishistadvaita. This concept was not agreeable to Madhvacharya. His argument being that what is the use of putting so much energy and effort (obtaining gyana and bhakti spanning eons) if at the end everything merges and the individual self is gone. Further he stated that god will never ever allow a flawed jeeva to merge with a flawless godhead. Another important difference is that while Ramanujacharya emphasized only on bhakti towards Vishnu (excluding perhaps all else), Madhvacharya emphasized that we need to show bhakti not only towards Vishnu but towards his entire parivara (meaning pantheon of gods) but the level of bhakti should be tempered by Taratamya (hierarchy). Just like in the material world (for example to get our job done) we may reserve the highest respects to the King/ Prime Minister/ President/ CEO but we need to offer the appropriate level of respect towards the ministers and other officials, so also we need to show the highest level of devotion towards the supreme godhead (Vishnu) but we need to show appropriate level of devotion or bhakti towards all other godhead's starting from Lakshmi, Brahma/ Vayu, Garuda, Sesha, Rudra/ Shiva, and others. Otherwise Vishnu will not be pleased and will not bless us with his prasada/ grace. Conversely, we should not show more devotion to godheads lower in the hierarchy. It should be as per the gradation or hierarchy. Madhvacharya has come up with a detailed hierarchical classification of godhead's (based on a comprehensive study of the Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas), and our worship and devotion should be in line with that scheme (for followers of Acharya Madhva). There are a lot more differences but above are some key ones. Jai Sri Ram!

We shouldn't hate any religion or it's guru. Instead we should accept what is correct

Would suggest to make the video on Achintya Bheda Bhed(a part of Vedanta- Hare Krishnas) and Pushtimarga. Both are part of Vaishnavism.

do you think you could cover some lesser-known /more esoteric Hindu religions Systems?

Can you make a video on " Neo Vedanta" based on philosophy of Sri Aurobindo 🙏

As someone who is pretty comfortably settled into the radical sunyata of the Madhyamika school and even before then was a monist, I never really understood Hindu dualism. Now I feel I better do, and that I better understand my moral and philosophical disagreements with such dualism.

Dualism is the absolute truth 🙏

Amazing video a always! I felt compelled to clarify the idea of Moksha slightly. Moksha implies the end of samsara, but ultimately samsara is not the mere process of going from body to body, it is the very bondages of raga (craving) and dvesha (aversion) that is present in every moment. Raga and devsha keeps us from experiencing contentment, it compels us to chase after pleasure and enjoyment in the world. This process of constantly chasing our desires are present here and now, but when the body dies they keep going, and it results in the taking of a new body. It is the same process of "chasing the dream" that ultimately causes our rebirth - the desire to get away from discomfort and negative emotions and the desire to find peace and happiness in the material world. Once Moksha is realized it does not matter that the material body dies. The state of Amrita (immortialty) is all about ones consciousness. When one realizes the unchanging state of consciousness, this is eternal liberation. In Advaita Vedanta this unchanging state is said to be the realization that our true nature is the all pervasive satcitananda Atman, that is Brahman the fabric of reality. In Vishishtadvaita it is believed that the eternal state of consciousness is that of pure love of God, Bhakti Prema. Both of these are essentially attained as states of consciousness (that does not reside in the material brain), and the life and death of the body does not affect it.

What is interesting. In ishopanishad, those who worships unmanifest goes to darkness, those who whorship manifest go to even more darkness. Those who understand both succeed.

I would love to see you make a video on Gaudiya Vaishnavism and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Also please make video on Kashmir Shaivism and Abhinavagupta

om namashshivaaya om

"Adding a head on top of a head."

You gotta talk about shaivism, especially Trika, youd be the perfect candidate to cover it on youtube

A video on "shabda Brahman" would be quite cool as well; I think you would find the ideas of Sri Bhartrihari quite fascinating