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Medieval Schools
 The Viśiṣtādvaita philosophy with its doctrines of bhakti and prapatti and emphasis on the equality of all bhaktas and prapannas, irrespective of caste or sex, appealed to the minds of all people and it soon spread all over the country. Many pious people came forward in Northern India to propagate the faith. But their teachings were coloured by their temperamental bias. The theistic tinge which Viśiṣtādvaita assumed in the identification of Brahman (Paramātman) with Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu) caught the imagination of these saints and they identified Him with those particular forms of Nārāyaṇa which attracted their minds. In whatever form He is adored, He appears in that form and accepts the devotion.
Rāmānanda was the first of these teachers. He taught that Īśvara resides in every Jīva and He is Rāma, the righteous. The force of his personal attraction and teachings of Rāmānanda can be judged from the fact that even Muslims became his disciples. Kabir followed his teachings and incorporated them with Islam and evolved his School of Kabirpanthis.
Vallabha taught that Śrī Kṛṣṇa was Brahman. His form is made of spiritual love and it is Rādhā- Kṛṣṇa. He sports with the Jīvas in Gokula. Creation is the līla of Kṛṣṇa. Bhakti is the only means of attaining
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