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Śuddhādvaita

Pure nondualism: Vallabha’s Vedānta, in which the world is a real manifestation of Kṛṣṇa, not an illusion.

Also: Shuddhadvaita, pure nondualism

Vedānta and the Hindu traditions

Śuddhādvaita was taught by Vallabha in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It holds that Brahman, identified with Kṛṣṇa, is pure and undivided, and that the world is his real self-manifestation rather than an appearance through māyā. Its path is the way of grace, devotion within the community Vallabha founded.