u/vyasimov

1. How and why does Ishwara, a personal God arise from Brahman?

2. Is there a need for an Ishwara for a material world to exist?

3. How do we get from Nirguna to Saguna and how can we explain the presence of these qualities? I can understand that Brahman is beyond good and bad, but

how do we get to an Ishwara who's benevolent

I would be more than grateful if you could point to reading material that would help me understand the same

Our actions can be a result of

1. Vrittis/Samskaras

2. Freewill

Since our ego is shaped by our vrittis and the likes and dislikes they generate, isn't freewill then just the will of God?

I'm hoping to get a view from all traditions dvaitic, Advaitic, Vishishadvaitic, Trika etc and Jain's and Buddhists as well as I would like to see how the non theists think of this