The essence of Mundaka Upanishads is:~ Do not be satisfied with rituals, yoga, etc. which are good in their own way, but inquiry.+

All the gurus have failed to influence the people in Advaitic Gnana. It is because Advaitic wisdom is mixed up and missed with religion instead of spirituality or Adyathma. The essence of Mundaka Upanishads is:~ Do not be satisfied with rituals, yoga, etc. which are good in their own way, but inquiry.

Inquire into the nature of the mind. ? Brahman and Atman are things one can never see. So seeker should not inquire into them. He has to inquire into the world around him, which he can see. Analysis reveals him it is passing away every second.

Everything is dying repeatedly. Where is it going? Thus he follows up his investigation into what he can lay his hands on. How can he inquire into Atman which he cannot see? So first he must deal with the known and seen, this inquiry leads up to the unknown in the end.

Mediocre minds waste their time arguing about unimportant matters. Accumulation of scriptural knowledge is dangerous in pursuit of truth.

The seeker has to establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. The seeker has to begin by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to discuss, understand and assimilate self-knowledge.

Thus, the seeker has to remove all the hindrances to acquire Self-knowledge.

The truth which has no basis is usually religion or a mere catalog of ignorant opinions; people prefer it because it can be got more easily.

A religious philosophy based on the false self (ego) is worthless from the standpoint of truth.

Yantra, mantra, and tantra are for the ignorant mass. In this modern age, people are capable of thinking deeply and assimilating and realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Thus we have to focus our attention on acquiring self-knowledge. By dropping all this accumulated dross, which is a hindrance in realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

When one goes deeper investigation into the annals of history he becomes aware of the fact that it looks like the Gnanic Advaita expounded by Sage Sankara, and Sage Goudpada is not orthodox Advaita.

Orthodoxy is meant to suit the ignorant mass who strongly believes in the experience of birth, life, death, and the world as reality.

Thus, the Advaitic wisdom expanded by the great sages is nothing to do with the Advaitic orthodoxy: ~ Santthosh Kumaar