Brahman in Ramanuja's philosophy is not a non-relational and non-differentiated bare being, but a living reality, a relational whole, who is inseparably related with the order of individual self (cit) and of matter (acit). Thus the relation of inseparability (aprthak-siddhi-bhava) is fundamental to Ramanuja's metaphysics. In fact it is the central concept around which Ramanuja's whole philosophy revolves. Thus it is both possible and fruitful to view Ramanuja's ...
