Vaishnavism

School·Founding date unrecorded·est. ~600 million worldwide

Vedic Religion → Hinduism → Vaishnavism → 1 branch

Branch

History & overview · every faith gets one

Vishnu preserves — and comes down when the world needs him.

Devotion to Vishnu as the supreme reality, worshipped through his avatars — Krishna and Rama above all. The largest current within Hinduism, and the heartland of bhakti: love as the surest path.

What it holds

The divine. Vishnu as supreme; other gods as his aspects.

Death and after. Liberation into Vishnu's presence.

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