Madhwa philosophy has nine tenets including that Vishnu is the primary and efficient cause of creation, preservation, and destruction of the world. It affirms that the world and individual souls are real, with an ultimate fivefold difference between God, individual souls, inanimate objects, one soul from another, and between souls and objects. Devotion is considered the means to attain moksha or liberation, through correct reasoning and practices such as ceasing harmful actions, listening, contemplation, and meditation on God.

1. DVAITA VEDANTA
Nine tenets of Madhwa philosophy

2. Hari paratarah
 Prime import of all scriptures
 Every word refers to Vishnu primarily and
refers to others secondarily
 Vishnu is the nimitta Karana or efficient cause
 He presides over creation, preservation &
destruction
 He is the liberator

3. Satyam jagat
 World is affirmed to be real
 It is anadi and Nithya

4. Tatvato bedha Jiva
 Ultimate reality of 5 fold difference
 God Jiva
 God Jada
 Jiva Jiva
 Jada Jada
 Jiva Jada
 It is very practical

5. Swamitva
 God alone is Independent and Supreme
 All the jivas are dependent

6.  Three kinds of souls work towards their
destination.
 Satviks reach Moksha
 Rajasiks circulate in samsara
 Tamasiks reach andhan tamas

7.  Moksha is the realisation for innate bliss

8. Amala Bhakti Sadhana
 Devotion is the way to attain the moksha

9.  Three means of valid knowledge or
pramanas...
 Prathyaksha - perception
 Anumana- inference
 Aghamas- verbal testimony

10.  God can be known only by correct method of
reasoning. Performing nivritti karma, sravana,
mañana, Nidhidhyasana.