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It’s a lot more theistic than advaita where Ishvara is just a lower form of realization. Matter (acit) and the selves (cit) exist as modes or qualities of the body of Brahman. They are real in the sense that they are not just products of nescience. ‘Tat tvam asi’ is *not* interpreted as atman being ontologically identical to Brahman in every way but as referring to several things in a common substrate. Since Brahman is of the nature of knowledge and consciousness for it to fall under illusion is absurd. Don’t take my summary as the final word of course though, there’s a lot more to Ramanuja than that and I doubtlessly explained things poorly. That book is pretty dense despite its short length so if you want it from the man himself check out Ramanuja’s Gita Bhasya, it is a good way to learn about this stuff.
https://iep.utm.edu/ramanuja/