Swami Vivekananda: ~ “Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified. (From 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda)
One has to go beyond the Vedas means to go beyond religion. Going beyond religion means, go beyond the belief in a religious God. Going beyond the Vedas, religion and the belief in a religious God means, going beyond the illusion, that is the end of Vedas (Veda –antha).
The Gurus, religious believers, philosophers, thinkers, and yogis do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it.
That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ “VC~ 65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman,.
Therefore, you should personally strive by all means to be free from the bondage of ignorance (I).
The Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do with orthodox preaching and practice because Advaitic orthodoxy is dogmatism. The Advaitic orthodoxy has to be discarded if one wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Advaitic wisdom expounded by Sage Sankara was hidden. Sage Sankara restrained himself from parting the Advaitic wisdom or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the ignorant populace and parting it with only a selected few.
Advaitic wisdom, or Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana, was hidden from the people who were not qualified and receptive to it. Advaitic wisdom, or Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few.
Thus, religion was given to the ignorant populace, and the knowledge of the Spirit, which is God in truth, is given only to a selected few.
Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.
Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth.
The Guru's interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of the ‘Self’ hidden by ignorance. It is revealed in the clear reflection of the truth, engendered from contact with the good."
Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but the liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.
The Advaitic wisdom has nothing to do with orthodox preaching and practice because Advaitic orthodoxy is dogmatism. The Advaitic orthodoxy has to be discarded if one wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Sage Sankara, and Sage Gaudapada are independent thinkers other schools of Indian philosophy are mere theologies. Advaitic philosophy is real philosophy. The dualistic philosophy cannot escape the charge of dogmatism.
Sage Sankara was an independent thinker. His wisdom has not been taken seriously by many in India because, most of the followers of Sage Sankara belong to the orthodox sect.
Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom has nothing to do orthodox sect.
The seeker must do his homework and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe what orthodox pundits expound as knowledge, till the uncontradicted truth is obtained. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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