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Narayana Guru was a rishi of this new age in which science and freedom of man have become of great importance to mankind.His basic stand was that of a non-dualist visionary.He identifies the Ultimate Reality with God.God, Brahman, Ātman, arivu (cit) were interchangeable terms to him.God alone exists.All that appear as forming the world are simply manifestations of the one God.The ultimate goal of a seeker or supplicant can attain is finding oneself one with God.The Guru installed deitieseither of Siva, Devi, Ganapaty or Subramanyain many temples.Every deity, in his perception, is a visual means that helps the supplicant attain non-dual experience.Bhakti or devotion is considered to be the best of all tools for God-realization.
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