Advaitic Orthodox tradition and the parampara belong to religion, and it is dualistic; and it has nothing to do with Sage Sankara’s wisdom, which is nondualistic.
Adyatma has nothing to do with religious sects, creeds, or religious beliefs. Adyatma is pure spirituality. Knowledge of Atma is Adyatma. Advaita is Adyatma.
Adyatma is the knowledge of the truth hidden by illusory form, time, and space. Bifurcate religion, yoga, and theoretical philosophy, and base the truth on the Athma, it is Adyathma.
Adyatma is based on the ultimate truth, which is based on the Atman or Spirit, which is the Self.
Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is pure spirituality or Adyathma.
The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is a rigorous, absolute one. According to Sage Sankara, whatever is, is Brahman. Brahman itself is absolutely homogeneous. All differences and plurality are illusory.
Sage Sankara gave out what was of most use to the greatest number of people. Therefore, in the commentaries on the Upanishads, such as the famous Mundaka, he gave the highest non-dual message of the identity of Atman and Brahman, revitalizing the philosophy and practice of Advaita, while in the commentaries on the Brahmasutra he gave lesser teaching, positing both higher and lower Maya and higher and lower Brahman (Ishvara) to explain creation for those of lesser intellects until they were ready for the highest truth.
Sage Sankara was very careful with his choice of semantic analysis and use of words, taught at different levels of doctrine at different times as the situation warranted.
The Advaitic formula, to be successively realized, is: The world is unreal; Brahman is real; the world is Brahman.” This is the vision of non-duality. Sage Sankara affirmed a progression of points of view depending on the stage of one’s practice.
“From the standpoint of the waking entity, the universe is a reality; from the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. When wisdom dawns, then one realizes the whole universe is consciousness.
The dualistic view is possible only in ignorance.
At the dawn of Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, there is only the non-dualistic view in the midst of duality because the whole universe is consciousness.
Thus, all the contents of the universe are also consciousness. Thus, form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. If the form, time, and space are consciousness, then the experience of birth, life, and death is also consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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