Excellent talk. This is a delicate topic. My thoughts are that we, as sadhakas, must practice the common ideals suggested by the different sampradayas. Yama, Niyama, Bhakti, Vyragya, karma, waking up at Brahma Muhurtha, pancha bhutas, jnanendriya, Swadhyaya, Shreyas-Preyas, Surya Namaskar, Yoga ... are some of them that are common to all traditions. Lets not bother much about the ultimate, let the sadhana continue, grace, blessings, anugraha, kaivalya .... is upto the divine to touch us.

My head is filled with Jnana and My heart is filled with Bhakti 🙏🔥

Swamiji I’ve never heard such clarity on the subject so dramatically and classically conveyed. Deep gratitude.

Different path’s, one goal. Thank you Guruji for simplifying the knots of ignorance.

You gave the answer to the question that has nagged me for nearly 20 years :) God's grace.

Our humble respects to all the previous Acharyas. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave the final conclusion. "Achintya bheda abheda tattva" The jiva is simultaneously one and different from the Lord. This simultaneous oneness and difference is Achintya or inconceivable. Hare Krishna!!

Thank you so much for this explanation , blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍🙏🕉

To me this video reminded of the story of six blindmen and an elephant. Purpose is to recognize the blindness and remove it. It is a process of learning.🙏

When I saw this topic coming up, I knew I am going to come across something profound and authentic! Your wisdom and perspective is so brilliant sir! I have truly learned so much from your teachings. It humbled me. you are the epitome of wisdom!

The " all i see is water " point got me thinking through 🤯

Pranaam Guruji .Agree with what you said. I have seen many Vaishnavas and ISCON devotees criticize Shankaracharyaji. They missed the basic concept of Vedanta. Freedom to choose. In reality, every individual understands, God through their individual experiences and see as they perceive (even if they follow and practice a particular ideology which acts as a spiritual path to start a journey )

All paths lead to “God” or “Self” as said by Sri Ramakrishna 🙏🏽 getting too attached to philosophy will only distract us from actual Brahma-Jnana there is only one pursuit. Like Swami Vivekananda said; many come to an understanding, few realise! So we should focus less on understanding and more on realisation. Attachment is attachment weather its to the world or philosophy 🙏🏽 great talk❤️

Shrimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Namaskaram maharaj. Your video is a nice one, I really liked your intent to have harmony among the three philosophies. Even though I belong to Vishistadvaita school of philosophy, I greatly regard the other two schools. I would like to give you my personal choice of taking Vishistadvaita school that it is not that Visishtadvaita is less complex than advaita, but somehow this philosophy soothes my soul I feel more comfortable to the soul in this school. So may be the "ruchi" of individual is a reason for the inclination. As they say "Loko binna ruchi:"

Ekansadviprâwbahudhâvadanti - Truth is One, stated variously by the learned. Salutations to God and to your Lotus feet Guruji.

Having listened to many spiritual scholars explain this difference ,it is always wonderful to gain deeper insights through Swami Tadatmananda's wisdom and humungous body of work. Blessed that his teachings have become a part of daily life.

Need of the hour, what a clarity. Today many students if Hinduism are confused why so many ways are there. Adhikari bedha is the essence. And this Adhikari bedha also same as Madhwacharya’s One of the panchayat maha bedha, jeeva-Jeeva Bedha. Thank you Guruji

Thanks for the high quality work as usual Swamiji. Seeing bitterness among the religious, makes me think that they just don't get it. Your talk is a breath of fresh air and puts it all in perspective that is helpful. Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing such precious vedic knowledge relevant to humanity and yet overlooked by most of the world. Your presentation is excellent. You made such a complicated subject so easy to understand. Please give us more of such vedic knowledge which seems to have the answers to most of the world problems. Thank you again.

Simply amazing! Thanks for the video this has been very helpful. Really appreciate and respect Guruji's effort to provide an unbias explanation and POV!

Thank you for this beautiful lesson Swami! Really appreciate your open-minded and clear explanations of these hard concepts 🙏

Hallo und guten Tag , dear Swami Tadatmananda! Hello and good day! vielen lieben dank für diese kleine aber mehr als lehrreiche präsentation! Vieles wurde mir jetzt klarer und verständlicher, gerade auch was hare krsna und iskcon angeht. Wie immer wunderbar erklärt! Ich schaue mir auch die lectures über die bhagavad gita an, die mich sehr inspirieren und auch innerlich berühren, vor allem aber mich spirituell weiter bringen. Also nochmal vielen lieben dank!!! mit lieben grüßen aus deutschland, with greetings from germany , Elias Alexander !!!

Short yet, to the point of whole Vedas and Upanishads---How to alleviate human suffering? Wonderful Swamiji, Thank you!

Salutations, Guruji. Thanks very much for doing this informative video. The final comparative comments with the ocean metaphor were superb. Om Shanti 🙏🏼

Thank you swami, explanations in videos like these are proof of your divine gift of being a true guru

Salutations with reverence, Sir! Adept clear elaborations for holistic comprehension! Reminded of the famous story of blinds describing what an elephant was like. The example of ocean also vividly enlightens us about the blindness of sighted ones!

All three see the truth from different perspective and they're all correct. Absolutely! 🙏

A very very thanks to you . First of all your way of conveying is so calming that eventually everything goes into my head . 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Oh stupendous articulation , superb clarity . Non biased , yet to hear such narration from any Hindu/Indian Pontiff. Pranaams

Great video Swamiji! 🙏 Some say that these 3 schools cater to different stages of realization that the seeker may be at. Dvaita - To make the seeker understand that it's not all randomness. There is divinity. Vishishta Advaita - To make a seeker see the divinity within himself, but still strive to understand the ultimate divinity and move towards it. Advaita - When a seeker finally realizes himself as that divine, and all this illusion is just him experiencing from a limited perspective due to avidya. It is best not to consider these as higher or lower undestanding, as they will hurt the progress of the seeker, and ultimately this is everyone's own personal journey, not a comparitive one.

Thank you, Swami-ji! Amazing lesson, as always! 🙏

Thank you for sharing, I've watched/listened to this a few times already. Absolutely fantastic clarity, I love the open minded way you present the points

Thank you for you calm clear presentation. You taught me a lot and have given me lots to think about. Please continue posting videos about how we can reconcile differences in philosophies as this topic is very important in todays world of spiritual insulation and divisiveness. Thank you very very much I love your channel :)

Warning: Vedantic chauvinism can lead to centuries of endless discussions on the best way to end human suffering. Abrahamic chauvinism can lead to centuries of endless suffering and best ways of ending human beings.

Very supportive, logic and calm. Thank you Guruji..🙏

Where ever you start you end at Shankara's vada... I don't know why it happens so... The beauty he has explained gives the world it's essence of Love... Love is universal... I is Love, I is nectar of Love❤

WOW! You are touched by Truth. Such clarity and simplicity is awesome.

Thank you swamiji for bringing out the essence of all the major phiosophies of Hinduism from the point of making people to understand why they suffer. Swami vivekananda was all appreciation for Swami Ramanuja whose teachings and practices helped poor and illiterate to embrace Hinduism for salvation through Bhakthi and this will ultimate lead to beleif in advaitham on removal of ignorance. As such he wanted people to use vishista advaitha as the stepping stone to ultimate realise the ONENESS.

All glory to you Swamiji!🙏AumNamahShivay🙏

The most clarifying thoughts I have heard in recent times . Pranam

What a solemn presentation of all different traditions of Vedanta, ranging from radical Advaita Vedanta to Dwita Vedanta. If an organization thinks that in order to protect his followers they just prohibit them from reading or having ideas about other Sampradaya then it is utterly fanatic. In modern day spiritual scene, some organizations do behave in this manner. They demean the followers and teachings of other sampradays as lower or false teachings which is very harmful. Your talks has enlighten many viewers to look spirituality in a different perspective, where there is an acceptance of all according to their own merits and rejection of none. We need these ideas more and more to eradicate the unnecessary contradictions that prevailing in todays spiritual seekers. My humble pranam to you Maharaj and I expect you to make more clips on this topic. As the scriptures says "Truth is one wise speaks it differently"

Thanks Guruji. I always like your approach in presenting complex details with ease and simplicity. Of course with very high quality video and analogies! 🙏 This video is helpful to understand all three philosophies as different level of abstractions of the same core concept. Sri Madvacharya philosophy ( being more recent than the other two ), I think presents concepts at more granular level for us to explore further …

This is so wonderful swamiji .. much 🙏🏻 thanks 🌸🌸. Many Bhakti traditions in vrindavan also tell their devotees to stay away from gyanis- advait vedantins

Wow, such a beautiful explanation of these different philosophies. Swamiji, I have listened to many of your videos and have found you to be very honest, humble, kind and respectful even when you have to address difficult/controversial point of view. Personally for me, I find Advaita Vedanta, Kashmiri Shavisim to be more universal, inclusive, broad-based and accepting of all viewpoints than the rest. Advaita allows you the freedom to be a Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna or Shakti follower or even follow a Nirguna formless worship which I find to be very liberating. From my personal experience, I have found Vaishnava followers to be very rigid (at times fanatic) in their point of view and unwilling to even hear a different point of view. Thanks once again for gracing us with your insightful wisdom.

Thank you Swamiji for such a wonderful session .🙏🙏🙏

First time I have come across a talk which tries to build bridges of understanding between the three schools. Coming from an American swami, I was touched. Deeply grateful for this offering... Pranam!

Swamiji beautifully addressed the seeming divisions of the reality. Pranāms Swmiji!

Wonderfully explained Swamiji 🙏I can see now on a different angle to what was being said in the Jnana Ganga video. This makes me feel more fortunate. Thank Ishvara in many forms 🙏

thanks guruji, i have been learning many things from shankara's advaita from you, and i also tend to see only water but i also feel confortable with vashista advaita such a pleasant lesson, filled me with joy

Well done. This post clarifies a subject that is welcome to those of us who are unfamiliar with this level of detail. It also acts as an invitation to those of us who feel an affinity with looking into the matter more deeply.

🙏🙏🙏Pranam Swami ji. You helped me a lot to reduce my years of confusion of such divisiveness among three principles. I got the point of so here. I am having a relief. Your example of sea, is really plausible to understand.Again, your presentation is also lofty and neutral. Hare Krishna, 🙏🙏🙏

Really enjoying the videos on this channel. Thank you very much!

Beautifully and intelligently said ! Excellent work, thank you ! Peace to all spiritual seekers ! 🧡🙏

Thanks for the beautiful video with such lucid explanation Swamiji. It clearly shows - "ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL" - So, why the divisiveness? Let the Adhikari choose which Sampradaya suits him most, rather than demeaning others to satisfy his ego! 🙏🙏

So lucidly explained in simple terms!! It is not a coincidence that this video popped into suggested videos.🙏

Such a beautifull explanations. Proud to be born in the times where the essence of sanatan dharma and its teachings is still evident. In the times of great ignorance videos like this help u survive and prosper. Thankyou again!

Gracias por compartir estos temas que no se encuentran tan fácil.

Excellent presentation, Swamiji ! The analogy of Ocean-Waves-Water is familiar, but it was very nice to hear it from you in your words/narration. I can appreciate how "water" is the ultimate nirguna brahman and why the other perspectives of Dvaita & VishishtaAdvaita help other spiritual students. [ I'm not an Advaitist by my birth or tradition, but it is appealing to me ].

Excellent and very practical way of understanding these philosophies. Very well put. Let's appreciate the beauty of the ocean rather than arguing about the waves! Tatvamasi! 🙏🙏🙏

Wonderful!🙏🙏🙏 Especially, the summing up, what the Swami identifies as his personal theory, is the most beneficial. As many men, so many minds. To each, his own way. All leading to the same destination. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa not only taught this but realised it by his personal experience.

Thank you, guruji. You explained it clearly. 🙏🙏 This reminded me of a quote. "If you can't explain it clearly, you don't understand it well enough" - Einstein.

The story of the ocean sums up the three schools well. 🙏🏽

Thankyou Swamiji for this ❤ Arguing on the absolute truth is so counterproductive to the spiritual practice. We must see the unifying aspects of all teachings. Some may say the day has 24 hours, some may say a day is 12 hours day and 12 hours night. Both are correct in their own perspectives and yet the day remains the day irrespective of the perspectives.

Wonderful video. In the end, the most important thing is love, compassion, peace and joy. Be that, and that is enough.

Shankara stands as the tallest among all saints in India's history. Others who followed were merely trying to refute or overcome him.

Faith keeps you in bondage, knowledge sets you free !!!

Thanks Swamiji for the wonderful explanation of Jiva, Jagat, Ishwara, Moksha from Advaita, Vishista Advaita and Dwaita perspectives. Your charts and stories helped to understand these three philosophies very clearly. 🕉🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🕉

Swami Ji your teachings is very insightful. I would like to meet you once in my life. What a perfect explanation. I watch all your Baghvad geeta lectures also. God bless you.

Thanks for this great history swamiji 🙏

Swamiji has very beautifully and impartially harmonized all three philosophies (one advaita school of Vedanta and two Bhakti schools of Vedanta. The divisiveness is harmonized in this answer told by Hanuman to Lord Ram: देहबुद्ध्या तु दासोऽस्मि जीवबुद्ध्या त्वदंशकः। आत्मबुद्ध्या त्वमेवाहमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः॥ Deha-Buddhyaa Tu Daso.smi Jiva-Buddhyaa Tvad-Anshakah | Aatma-Buddhyaa Tvam-Evaaham Iti Me Nishchita Matih || English Translation: “O Lord, while I identify myself with my body, I am Thy servant (Dvaita). When I consider myself as Individual Soul, I am Thy part (Vishishtadvaita). But when I look upon myself as the Spirit (Atma), I am one with Thee Thyself (Advaita).” Actually, Adi Shankaracharya on one hand told others to pracise (Kevala) Adviat. But on the other, he himself secretly practised Bhakti school of Vedanta. The Bhakti school of Vedanta is apparently opposite to Advaita. The Bhakti schools of Vedanta include: Ramanuja's Bishistadvaita, Nimbarka's Dvaitadvaita, Madhvacharya's Dvaita, Vallabhacharya's Shuddhadvaita, and Krishna Chaitanya's Achintya-Bheda- Abheda philosophies. Shankaracharya composed stotras, bhjans, prayers, hymns to seek the blessings and grace of various Gods (like Vishnu, Krishna, Shiva) and Goddesses (like Durga, Laxmi). They indicate his complete devotion to Gods and Goddesses. He instructed his mother not to follow Advaita philosophy but to pray to Lord Shree Krishna for final liberation.

Thank you for this wonderful presentation 🙏🏽🙏🏽 much respect and gratitude to you

Excellent presentation, especially the second half and wrap up. The mind is just a tool, not the foundation. Any intellectual, logical view is still imperfect at best.

Great teachings! This reminds me of the progressive subtleness of the Buddhist schools, leading to the perfect understanding of ultimate reality, namely, the Vaibhashika, Sautrantika, Cittamatra and Madhyamaka schools, in that order.

In India, if it is translated and published in all the state languages, it will be very beneficial.

Excellent swamiji. You made it very simple to understand the confused people. thanks

We common folk listeners are so blessed to have the opportunity to listen to Swami Tadatmananda. That he is not born as Indian, makes it all the more special, as he brings new perspectives into Vedanta. He has a unique way of simplifying such complex concepts for us, similar to Swami Sarvapriyananda. My pranams and obeisance to Swami Tadatmananda.

Ultimate reconciliation came from Caitanya Mahaprabhu in form of achintya bheda abheda. Vedanta philoshopy of simultaneous oneness and difference.

Sir Swami, can you please tell me how I can find a monk to talk to 1 on 1 online? Is this possible anywhere? They don't speak much English at my local temple and since I'm very hard of hearing it makes something difficult impossible. I can do phone calls or video calls easily though with my technology. I feel really alone.

This is beautiful. Thank you. Everyone has their personal path is suits them best. What works for one may not work for another but from that person's perspective their path is the best one. There's no need for discrimination rather appreciation for the concept of Adhikari Bhedha. Om Shanti everyone

Extraordinary explanation. Let us hope people come out of darkness (ignorance) towards the light of knowledge

You have missed out some Saints and Archaryas on this video Chanakya Born 375 BCE, Chanaka village in Golla region (Jain legends);or in Takshashila Died 283 BCE, Pataliputra, Maurya Empire 1. Adi Shankara Charya (8th Century. CE), 2. Ramanuja (1077 CE - 1157 CE) 3. Basavanna (12th-century CE) 4. Madhvacharya (CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238-1317) 5. Vidyaranya (Born between 1280 and 1285) 6. Namdev (26 October 1270 -  3 July 1350) 7. Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 - 22 September 1539) 8. Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu (1479-1531 CE) 9. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (18 February 1486 - 14 June 1534) 10. Tulsidas (c.1511[4]-1623) 11. Raghavendra Tirtha (Śrī Rāghavēndra Tīrtha) (c.1595 - c.1671) 1. Adi Shankara (8th cent. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्कर, आदि शङ्कराचार्य, romanized: Ādi Śaṅkarācāryaḥ, lit. 'First Shankara', [aːdɪ ɕɐŋkɐraːtɕaːrjɐh]),[note 2] was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya),[4] whose works present a harmonizing reading of the sastras, with liberating knowledge of the self at its core, synthesizing the Advaita Vedanta teachings of his time] The title of Shankracharya, used by heads of the amnaya monasteries is derived from his name. 2. Ramanuja (Middle Tamil: Rāmāṉujam; Classical Sanskrit: Rāmanuja; c. 1077 CE - 1157 CE; IAST: Rāmānuja; [ɽaːmaːnʊdʑɐ]), also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and a social reformer. He is noted to be one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement. 3. Basaveshwara, colloquially known as Basavanna, was a 12th-century CE Indian statesman, philosopher, poet, Lingayat social reformer in the Shiva-focussed bhakti movement, and a Hindu Shaivite[4] social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukya/Kalachuri dynasty. Basava was active during the rule of both dynasties but reached the peak of his influence during the rule of King Bijjala II in Karnataka, India. 4. Madhvacharya (IAST: Madhvācārya; Sanskrit pronunciation: [mɐdʱʋaːˈtɕaːɽjɐ]; CE 1199-1278[5] or CE 1238-1317[6]), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna (IAST: Pūrṇa-Prajña) and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta.[1][7] Madhva called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning "arguments from a realist viewpoint". 5. Vidyaranya was born between 1280 and 1285, usually identified with Mādhavācharya (Not to be confused with Madhvāchārya (13th c.)), was Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from ca. 1374-1380 until 1386 - according to tradition, after ordination at an old age, he took the name of Vidyaranya, and became the Jagadguru of this Matha at Sringeri. Madhavacharya is known as the author of the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha, a compendium of different philosophical schools of Hindu philosophy and Pañcadaśī, an important text for Advaita Vedanta. According to tradition, Vidyaranya helped establish the Vijayanagara Empire sometime in 1336, and served as a mentor and guide to 3 generations of kings who ruled over it. The historical accuracy of this account is doubtful, and may have originated as late as 200 years after the events, as a "political foundation myth, an ideological attempt to represent the authority of the Vijayanagara state as deriving directly from that of the Sultanate."[5] Vidyashankara temple in Sringeri is the samadhi of Vidya shankara, the guru of Vidyaranya which was built over the former's grave by his disciple Harihara. 6. Namdev (Pronunciation: [naːmdeʋ]), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally, c. 26 October 1270 - c. 3 July 1350) was a Marathi Hindu poet and saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism. He lived as a devotee of Lord Vitthal (Krishna) of Pandharpur. 7. Gurū Nānak, Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: [gʊɾuː naːnəkᵊ], pronunciation), also referred to as Bābā Nānak ('father Nānak'),[1] was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated worldwide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Katak Pooranmashi ('full-moon of Kattak'), i.e. October-November. Nanak is said to have travelled far and wide across Asia teaching people the message of ik onkar (ੴ, 'one God'), who dwells in every one of his creations and constitutes the eternal Truth.[2] With this concept, he would set up a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternal love, goodness, and virtue. 8. Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu(1479-1531 CE), also known as Vallabha, Mahaprabhuji and Vishnuswami, or Vallabha Acharya, is a Hindu Indian saint and philosopher who founded the Krishna-centered PushtiMarg sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj(Vraj) region of India,[1] and the Vedanta philosophy of Shuddha advaita (Pure Non-dualism).[2][3][4][5] He is the Jagadguru Acharya and Guru of the Pushti Marg bhakti tradition and Suddhadwait Brahmavad (Vedant Philosophy), which he founded after his own interpretation of the Vedanta philosophy.[1][6][7] Vallabhacharya was born in a Telugu Tailang Brahmin family that had been currently residing in Varanasi, who escaped to Champaran of Chhattisgarh state while expecting shri Vallabha, expecting a Muslim invasion in Varanasi, during the late 15th century.[8] The name Vallabha means the beloved or lover, and is a name of Vishnu and Krishna. Vallabhacharya studied the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Shat Darshan as a child, then travelled throughout the Indian subcontinent over 20 years.[8] He became one of the important leaders of the devotional Bhakti movement. Vallabhacharya's mother was Illamma who was the daughter of a family priest serving the rulers of the empire of Vijayanagara.[9] The biographies written by his followers, just like those for other Bhakti leaders, claim that he won many philosophical scholarly debates against the followers of Adi Shankracharya, Ramanuja, Madhvacharya and others, had visions and miracles. 9. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (18 February 1486 - 14 June 1534) (IAST: Caitanya Mahāprabhu; born Vishvambhar Mishra) was a 15th-century Indian saint who is considered to be the combined avatar of Radha and Krishna by his disciples and various scriptures. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with ecstatic song and dance had a profound effect on Vaishnavism in Bengal. He was also the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda Tattva. Mahaprabhu founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism (a.k.a. the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya). He expounded Bhakti yoga and popularized the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra. He composed the Shikshashtakam (eight devotional prayers). Chaitanya is sometimes called Gauranga or Gaura due to his molten gold-like complexion. His birthday is celebrated as Gaura-purnima. He is also called Nimai due to him being born underneath a Neem tree 10. Tulsidas (Hindi pronunciation: [tʊlsiːdaːs]; born Rambola Dubey; also known as Goswami Tulsidas;[3] c.1511[4]-1623) was a Ramanandi Vaishnava Hindu saint and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama's life in the vernacular Awadhi. Tulsidas spent most of his life in the city of Varanasi and Ayodhya.[5] The Tulsi Ghat on the Ganges River in Varanasi is named after him.[3] He founded the Sankatmochan Temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman in Varanasi, believed to stand at the place where he had the sight of the deity.[6] Tulsidas started the Ramlila plays, a folk-theatre adaptation of the Ramayana. 11. Raghavendra Tirtha (Śrī Rāghavēndra Tīrtha) (c.1595 - c.1671) was a Hindu scholar, theologian and saint. He was also known as Sudha Parimalacharya (Sudhā Parimaḷācārya). His diverse oeuvre include commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha, interpretation of the Principal Upanishads from the standpoint of Dvaita and a treatise on Purva Mimamsa. He served as the pontiff of matha at Kumbakonam from 1621 to 1671.[1] Sri Raghavendra Swamy was also an accomplished player of the Veena and he composed several songs under the name of Venu Gopala.[2] His shrine at Mantralayam attracts lakhs (hundreds of thousands) of visitors every year.

Thanks for humble explanation on differences which are very hard to digest. Hanuman told to Lord Ram, when it comes to Bhakti, I am different than you lord Ram ( Dviatha ) Hanuman told to Lord Ram , when it comes to Karma, I am serving you Lord Ram, using your own creation of tools available ( Vishishtadvaita ) Hanuman told to Lord Ram , when it comes to jnana, there is no difference between you and me , there is only One Atma ( Advitha )

Great video. Its like arguing what is better - tylenol or advil. Choose whatever works for you!

I spent years trying to figure our why different Hindus differ their understanding. Thank you for explaining it so succinctly 🙏

May be an interesting idea to bring in Sri Ramakrishna within this debate - he would accept all three positions as true, because the spiritual realisation of each tradition is the aspect of the Infinite that opened up to the seekers, as per their own practises.

It's like dosa, idli and vada all made from rice flour, since the three teachers are all from South India.

Wonderfully explained three teachings of the great gurus In my humble opinion the story of SEA decided the issue without an iota of doubt

Par excellence discussion! Thank You 🙏 Gurudev for all your teachings which are always blessings for us, the spiritual seekers on the path of enlightenment! 🙏🕉🔔🪔🦢🪷🦢🪷🦢🪷🦢🪷🪔🔔🕉🙏👍🌹👌🌺👍💐👌💐

You are so calm & patient both of which themselves teach so much, Guru Ji. MeenaC

I feel Swamiji got to the crux of the matter with "Adhikari Bheda". The story of the three Sadhus viewing the same ocean through different perspectives is illuminating, though in a lighter vein. On a more serious note, I would be most grateful if Swamiji could devote one or more lectures on how the famous "Kshetragyam cApi mAm viddhi.." [13.2, The Bhagavad Gita] has been or can be interpreted through each of the three strands of Vedanta discussed in this video.

Shankaracharya best explanation ever given and i think is definitely closest to truth others wanted go justify their devotion to theor favourite diety i don't care what they believe its that now they have started doing shiva ninda (hatred) for common folks that worst because common people dont care you believe god is one two infinity but when you redicule their isht deva thats when they get angry

Very nicely presented a difficult and contentious topic. Pitch and pace make it more pleasant

Really extraordinary and lucid reconciliation of three wisdom...

Thank you for conveying the difference with such unmatched clarity and visual analogies. The concept of Adhikari Bheda to reconcile them is very nice indeed! I have one question, respectfully: Swamis says (25:36) that "of the three major teachings, Advaita historically came first". However, dualistic (Dvaita) teachings like Samkhya have pre-dated Sankara by several centuries. So while the particular interpretation of Ramanuja or Madhava may have come later, it seems to me that Dvaita and Advaita (if not Vishistadvaita) must have been in circulation since the Vedic times with one or the other in ascendancy at various points in history? On which is the right belief, I really like what Swami said in another video (forget which), "There are no right beliefs and wrong beliefs; only beneficial beliefs and detrimental ones". As a big fan of Arsha Bodha videos and Swami, my deep gratitude for the work, please keep them coming!

Hare Krishna 🙏 Being a part of ISKCON, just to clarify, we do not (and can never) "vilify" Adi Shankaracharya. On the contrary, we consider him to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva who incarnated for a specific purpose to re-establish the lost Vedas in the form of Mayavada (as stated in Padma Purana) so that people in general who were opposed to the teachings of Vedas can again accept it (and yes we do not disrespect Lord Shiva as well and consider him to be a topmost Vaishnava). We just "vilify" his teachings of "Non-Dualism or Mayavada" which disregards Lord Vishnu (or Lord Krishna) as being the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And it can never restrict our seeking (spiritual path) tendencies. Instead, in order to uproot all the illusory teachings of Mayavada and establish the perfect teaching of "Achintya Bhedaabheda Tattva" by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, we have to deeply study all the other paths (Advaita, Vishishta Advaita, Dvaita, etc) in order to come to a final conclusion of "Achintya Bhedaabheda Tattva" (simultaneous dual and non-dual). Anyways, the presentation was indeed very nice and must be appreciated. Thank you🙏

Beautiful articulation 🙏 Great incarnations like Shankaracharya, Madhwacharya and Ramanujacharya are beyond individual critiquing but they are all about expanding the understanding of the nature of God and his creation in various ways that a mere mortal can comprehend in a way best aligned to him 🙏🙏

🙏Thank you for the kind and amazing wisdom oh dear teacher 🙏

How do you know the truth is one? From the fact there exist three schools, it implies the truth has variety (duality). Since this fact of duality is collaborative with Dvaita doctorine, Sri Madhva alone is correct and his teachings are yathArtha 🙏

All Acharyas consider Narayana alone as Parbrahman

A wonderful most informative video! Thank you for helping me gain clarity on so many questions I have.

Great explanation guruji, All are same from different prospective. Om Namah shivaya