What leaders taught an approach to Vedanta?

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The qualified nondualism or vishishtadvaita of Ramanuja (1017-1137) argued against Shankara, holding that Brahman is not devoid of qualities, but rather is the possessor of divine qualities. The world and individual souls are not illusion, but have intrinsic reality, although they are dependent on God. Ramanuja, a worshiper of Vishnu , advocated devotion or bhakti as a means of salvation. The dualist or dvaita Vedanta of Madhva (1197-1276) attacked the monistic followers of Shankara and defended a pluralist standpoint. He asserted the permanently separate reality of the world, souls, and God, who is identified with Vishnu.