Vaishnavism

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

Vedic Religion → Hinduism → Vaishnavism → 1 branch

Branch

Figures

who it looks to — gods, spirits, ancestors; some rooms are empty on principle All 2 →
The ultimate — what this line takes as final
V Vishnu — the supreme. Not one god among many but the ultimate reality personally: all other deities are his aspects, his administration. Meet them — context →
Gods & powers — the presences it names and addresses
K Krishna and Rama — the descents. The avatars beloved above all: Krishna the charioteer-teacher of the Gita, Rama the exiled king of the Ramayana — God with a biography. Meet them — context →

Core Tenets

2 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 2 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Vishnu is the supreme reality. The preserver, present in the world through his avatars — Krishna and Rama above all. Go deeper — context →
Devotion is the surest path. Bhakti — love aimed at the Lord — outreaches ritual precision and philosophical subtlety. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
After death

Liberation into Vishnu's presence

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