Vedānta-darśana—the philosophy of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, which culminates in bhakti-yoga.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-V-›Vedanta-darsana-the Vedanta-darsana-the philosophy of Srila Vyasadeva, which culminates in bhakti-yoga. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/v/vedanta-darsana-the-philosophy-of-srila-vyasadeva-which-culm Previous: Vedasraya-nastikya-vada-agnosticism under the shelter of Vedic culture. Next: Vedanta-sutra (Brahma-sutra)-Srila Vyasadeva's conclusive summary of Vedic philosophical knowledge, written in brief codes. The philosophy of the Absolute Truth, which finds implicit expression in the Vedas and the Upanisads, was put into a systematic and more explicit form in the Vedanta-sutra. All apparent contradictory statements of the vast literature of the Vedas are resolved by the great Vyasa in this work. In this work there are four divisions 1) reconciliation of all scriptures; 2) the consistent reconciliation of apparently conflicting hymns; 3) the means or process of attaining the goal (spiritual realization); and 4) the object (or desired fruit) achieved by the spiritual process. The Vedanta-sutra establishes that Godhead exists, that devotion is the means of realizing transcendental love for Godhead, and that this love is the final object of man's endeavors. This book is the textbook of all theistic philosophy, and, as such, many commentators have elaborated on the significance of its conclusions; This most important work of nyaya-prasthana (Vedic logic), which is also known as Brahma-sutra, Sariraka, Vyasa-sutra, Badarayana-sutra, Uttara-mimamsa and Vedanta-darsana, was composed by the great sage Vyasa 5000 years ago. Sutra means code. The Vedanta-sutra is a book of codes that present, in concise form, brahma-jnana, i.e. conclusive Vedic knowledge. These codes are very terse, and without a fuller explanation, their meaning is difficult to grasp. In India there are five main schools of Vedanta, each established by an acarya (founder) who explained the sutras in a bhasya (commentary). The natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra is the Srimad-Bhagavatam. See Advaita, Dvaita, Brahmajyoti, Brahman, Four Vaisnava Sampradayas and Siddhantas, Saṅkaracarya, Six systems, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Upanisads, Vedanta, Vyasa.