Lives and philosophies, as well as spiritual practices advocated by the founders of the major Vaishnava philosophical schools: Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Madhva, Vallabha, and Chaitanya.
Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are ...[but] unless you realize the Self (atman), there is no freedom.
-Swami Vivekananda