Shaivism and Vishishtadvaita

[Haridas]

Namaste.
Are there any Shaiva schools that follow Vishishtadvaita? I mean, the Vishishtadvaita similar to Ramanuja's; especially his concept of moksha, which to him is gaining a body similar to the Lord's and living on His Planet.

Are there any Shaiva schools that see moksha like Ramanuja did and believe in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita (with Shiva being the Supreme God)?

[Agnideva]

Namaste Haridas,

Are there any Shaiva schools that follow Vishishtadvaita? I mean, the Vishishtadvaita similar to Ramanuja's; especially his concept of moksha, which to him is gaining a body similar to the Lord's and living on His Planet.

As far as I know, the idea of gaining a body similar to the Lord's in His realm (dhama) is taught by Vaishnava schools only. The teaching that one exists eternally as a servant to God in His dhama after moksha, I don't think is there in Shaivism, though I am not completely certain. There are however philosophies that are pluralistic, which hold that the individual souls exist eternally as individuals even after moksha within Shiva.

Saiva Siddhanta as taught by the Meykandar Sampradaya is the most prominent of these schools today. This school of pluralistic Saiva Siddhanta differs from the monistic Saiva Siddhanta as taught by the Natha Siddhas like Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. In fact, almost everything you will find under the name of Saiva Siddhanta that does not come from the Kauai Adheenam will be on the pluralistic teachings of the Meykandar Sampradaya.

You can read a brief summary of the Saiva Siddhanta (Meykandar school) philosophy here:

http://www.dlshq.org/download/nayanar.htm#_VPID_2
http://www.geocities.com/ktsshiva/saivasiddhantham.html
http://members.tripod.com/~MsSubashiniK/sivaalayam/suba6.htm

Aum Namah Shivaya,
A.

[Haridas]

Namaste Agnideva.
Thank you for the links. I was looking for a more dualistic school within Shaivism (for some reason, I just can't accept pure monism). Thank you again, and may Shiva bless you.

[Baobobtree]

I'm not too sure if you're still interested in Shaiva schools that follow Vishishtadvaita, but this site- http://sroutasaivasiddhanta.com/ is a great resource for the followers of Nilkantha's school.

[Ganesh]

If you're still interested than I read somewhere that Lingayats (Virashaivas) follow a form of modified monism. Shaiva Siddhantha is dualistic. I also read some time ago that Ramanuja is nearly identical to a certain Shaivic system except that Maha Vishnu is instead of Parama Shiva. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of this Shaivite school. Shaiva Siddhantha has many branches, probably some will prach modified monism, but generally it is more often compared to Dvaita.

[ranjeetmore]

All ths is resolved in the Achintya bheda abheda,where sri shankara/Sri Durga devi are considered to be equal/eternal forms of the same God and are described to have a solid dhama in Paravyoma.

achintya... resolves everything.I do not say follow it,just saying that we should stop fighting on Who is superior.

Radhe Radhe.

[Sudarshan]

Namaste.
Are there any Shaiva schools that follow Vishishtadvaita? I mean, the Vishishtadvaita similar to Ramanuja's; especially his concept of moksha, which to him is gaining a body similar to the Lord's and living on His Planet.

Are there any Shaiva schools that see moksha like Ramanuja did and believe in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita (with Shiva being the Supreme God)?

Srikanta's philosophy has a close parallel to Ramanuja's Vaishnavism.