Advaita and Vaishnavism
Non-dual and personalist readings of Vedanta set against each other.
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How Acharya Prashant Embraces Atheism Without Embracing itIn a solo response video, Arjuna argues that Acharya Prashant's Advaita teaching — 'the soul is a myth, even God is a myth' — meets Graham Oppy's definition of atheism while refusing the label, and that its claim to include all traditions insults the Vaishnava, for whom the personal Deity is a beloved, not a stepping stone. · Lecture · 24m· Apr 2023
Personalism vs Impersonalism ExplainedArjuna (Alex Gallagher) and Gaudiya Vaishnava sannyasi Swami Padmanabha argue that Advaita Vedanta's 'radical non-dualism' collapses under the Maya problem while theistic non-dualism preserves both oneness and loving diversity — and that the most dangerous impersonalism is the kind practiced unknowingly by personalists themselves.Padmanabha Swami · Lecture · 2h 7m· Dec 2022
Debate Advaita Vedanta vs Hare Krishna with Unknown KnownsArjuna (Alex Gallagher) defends the Gaudiya Vaishnava view that ultimate reality is a personal God who is the source of all qualities, against Jock (Unknown Knowns), a 20,000-hour meditator arguing the Advaita position that everything is equally divine Brahman and that personal forms of God are provisional.Jock · Debate · 2h 33m· Apr 2022