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Vedanta and Mimamsa<\/h3>\n

Vedanta is closely aligned with its sister school, Mimamsa (meaning “enquiry”).The two are often called Purva Mimamsa and Uttara Mimamsa, denoting the earlier and later schools of enquiry. The earlier Mimamsa deals with dharma <\/em>and focuses on rituals, particularly for promotion to higher planets. Its main texts are from the Karma-kanda section of the Vedas.<\/p>\n

The later school, Vedanta, deals with Brahman and derives much from the Jnana-kanda section, especially the Upanishads and Vedanta Sutras (also known as the Brahma Sutras). Members of these two doctrines are traditionally at loggerheads, but they are essentially complementary. Much of modern Hinduism, though philosophically grounded in its Vedanta, borrows its ritualistic practice from Purva Mimamsa.<\/p>\n

There are ten principal schools of Vedanta. Of these, two are purely Advaita, one purely Dvaita and seven a synthesis of both. In Hinduism as represented in the UK, there are four important schools of Vedanta.<\/p>\n

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The Four Main Schools of Vedanta Represented in the UK<\/h3>\n

For any tradition to be accepted as a genuine Vedantic school, the founder must present commentaries on three scriptures \u2013 the Upanishads, the Vedanta Sutras, and theBhagavad-gita<\/em>, collectively called the “prasthana trayi<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Below are the four main branches of Vedanta along with: (1) its founding theologian, (2) the sampradaya<\/em>, (3) the main representative movement in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

School<\/th>Theologian<\/th>Sampradaya<\/th>UK Movement<\/th><\/tr>
Advaita (monism)<\/td>Shankara<\/td>Smartas<\/td>Ramakrishna Mission<\/td><\/tr>
Vishishtadvaita (qualified monism)<\/td>Ramanuja<\/td>Shri Vaishnavas<\/td>Swami Narayana Mission<\/td><\/tr>
Suddhadvaita (purified monism)<\/td>Vallabha<\/td>Pushti Marg<\/td>Shree Vallabha Nidhi<\/td><\/tr>
Achintya Bheda-abheda<\/td>Baladeva<\/td>Gaudiya Vaishnava<\/td>ISKCON (Hare Krishna Movement)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>