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God / The Lord (Īśvara)
'The Lord' — ultimate reality for some, the highest face of the formless for others.
Īśvara is 'the Lord' — God conceived personally, the supreme being who creates and rules the world, hears prayer, and bestows grace. For the theistic schools, Īśvara is ultimate reality itself; for the non-dualists, Īśvara is the highest form in which the formless absolute appears to seekers within the world. Even the Yoga school, which is not centered on a creator, gives Īśvara a special place as an ideal object of devotion.
How it traveled
- Śvetāśvatara UpaniṣadKuru-Pañcāla region · -400explains
- Bhagavad-gītāKuru-Pañcāla region · -150explains
- UpadeśasāhasrīKālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710explains
- TantrasāraŚrīnagara (Srinagar), Kashmir · 1000explains
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 233↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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