ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Dvaita Vedanta

Okay kiddo, let me explain it to you like you're five!

Dvaita Vedanta is a philosophy that talks about the relationship between God and the Universe.

So, imagine you have a toy car in your hand. You are the owner of the toy car, and you play with it. Just like that, in Dvaita Vedanta, God is the owner of the Universe, and we are like toy cars that he plays with.

But, unlike the toy car, humans have something called "free will," which means we can make our own choices. So, we have the ability to choose whether to "play along with God" or not.

In Dvaita Vedanta, there are two things that are believed to be real: God and the Universe. They are separate and distinct from each other, and they cannot be merged or united.

Think of it like this: God is like the sun, and the Universe is like the shadows it creates. The shadows cannot exist without the sun, but they are different from the sun. Similarly, the Universe cannot exist without God, but it is different from God.

In summary, Dvaita Vedanta says that God is the owner of the Universe, and we are like toys that he plays with. We have free will to choose whether to play along with God or not. God and the Universe are separate and distinct from each other, like the sun and its shadows.