The Viashnava concept of life is one of total fulfilment and emancipation at the feet of the Lord (sayujya). It is one of total surrender to the 'Will' of the Lord. The Vaishnavites believe in bhakti, jnyan and vairagya. Hence they take to worship of the Lord Vishnu right from the beginning and make it a ritualistic way. in Lakshmi Tantra, it is stated that, the yogi continues to exist in transcendental form, the true nature of vaishnava emancipation, mukti. The emancipated being is not absolutely extinguished in the existence of the 'Absolute Being', but is lifted up to the level of transcendental existence. This existence is identical with that of 'Shakti'. The concept of emancipation basically depends on the concept of Shakti (Mahalakshmi) and Her relation to God (Narayana) in the sense of two-in-one,and secondly on the concept of jiva and its relation to God, as being parts of a whole. These are elaborately dealt with in the Bengali tradition of the Chaitanya school. (Introduction. Lakshmi Tantra, Sanjukta Gupta, MLBD)
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