Many of the seekers from the west are not even aware of the fact that without Sage Sri, Sankara there is no Advaita and they think the ‘I-centric Gurus and their half-baked teaching as Advaita.+

Many of the seekers from the West are not even aware that without Sage Sankara, there is no Advaita, and they think the ‘I-centric Gurus and their half-baked teaching is Advaita.

The seeker has to realize that the internal and external are realities within the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is created out of a single clay. That single clay is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Advaitic Gnana can be transmitted neither from outside nor from another person. The Guru of everyone is only the Soul, the Self that is always revealing on its own.

The grace of the Guru is only that Self-awareness that is the nature of the Soul. It is the Soul; the Self is unceasingly revealing its existence. This revelation is always going on naturally in every serious seeker."

Advaitic Gnana is given neither from outside nor from another person. It can be realized by the seeker on his own. The Gnana Guru of everyone is only the invisible Soul, the Self, that is always revealing its own, is the seeker is receptive and serious in the quest for truth.

There is no other God but the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sankara was criticized for his views on Maya (illusion) without understanding him.

Sage Sankara said: ~

(1) Brahman (Atman) is real.

(2) The universe is unreal,

(3) Brahman is the universe.

He did not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the Self and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self. Hence, Maya or illusion and reality are one and the same.

The realists criticize the concept of illusion without understanding it. He said that

(1) Consciousness (Atman) is real

(2) The universe or mind is unreal

(3) Consciousness is the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

One need not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the Self (Atman or consciousness) and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self (consciousness). Hence, illusion and reality are one and the same because both are one in essence.

Realizing the essence, which is consciousness as the Self, is Self-Realization or Truth-Realization of GOD- Realization. Thus, Sage Sankara‘s declaration is the rational truth, scientific truth, and also the ultimate truth. :~ Santthosh Kumaar