![]() In the Advaita tradition, moksha (liberation from suffering and rebirth) is attained through recognizing this illusoriness of the phenomenal world and disidentification from the body-mind complex and the notion of 'doership', and acquiring vidyā (knowledge) of one's true identity as Atman- Brahman, self-luminous ( svayam prakāśa) awareness or Witness-consciousness. ![]() The jivatman or individual self is a mere reflection or limitation of singular Ātman in a multitude of apparent individual bodies. In this view, jivatman, the experiencing self, is ultimately non-different ("na aparah") from Ātman- Brahman, the highest Self or Reality. The term Advaita (literally "non-secondness", but usually rendered as " nondualism", and often equated with monism ) refers to the idea that Brahman alone is ultimately real, while the transient phenomenal world is an illusory appearance ( maya) of Brahman. In a narrow sense it refers to the oldest extant scholarly tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta, written in Sanskrit in a broader sense it refers to a popular, syncretic tradition, blending Vedānta with other traditions and producing works in vernacular. One should gently, gently merge in SAT-AUM.Īdvaita Vedanta ( / ʌ d ˈ v aɪ t ə v ɛ ˈ d ɑː n t ə/ Sanskrit: अद्वैत वेदान्त, IAST: Advaita Vedānta) is a school of Hindu philosophy and a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience. Neither that, nor this, nor the meaning of existence am I,īut existence, consciousness, joy immortal thus attaining clarity,ĭiscarding attachment to being and non-being, ![]() Narayana Guru on Advaita Vedanta in his work Atmopadesa Śatakam ![]()
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