Vallabhācārya
15th–16th century · Campāraṇya & Vraja · Puṣṭimārga
Vallabhācārya, born to a Telugu family at Campāraṇya (in today’s Chhattisgarh), founded the Puṣṭimārga, the “path of grace”. His philosophy, Śuddhādvaita or “pure non-dualism”, holds that the world is a real manifestation of Kṛṣṇa, not an illusion. Devotion is loving service (sevā) to Kṛṣṇa as a child and as the lord of Vraja, made possible by his grace (puṣṭi).
He wrote the Aṇubhāṣya on the Brahma Sūtra, the Subodhinī on the Bhāgavata and sixteen short works (Ṣoḍaśa Grantha). His tradition worships Śrīnāthjī, now at Nāthdwārā in Rajasthan, and the eight poets of the Aṣṭachāp, including Sūrdās, sang in his line.
Puṣṭimārga · Śuddhādvaita · Śrīnāthjī, Nāthdwārā · Subodhinī