Blind acceptance anything as truth without proper inquiry will result only in ignorance in something which is detrimental to spiritual progress.+

Any word one may utter is, after all, they are the words and words that have meaning only within the illusory universe or Maya.

Blind acceptance anything as truth without proper inquiry will result only in ignorance in something which is detrimental to spiritual progress.

The seeker of truth should not become attached to words as being in perfect conformity with meaning because Truth is not in the letters.

The words may give different meanings at different levels of understanding.

The words and their discrimination bind one to the duality; meaning stands alone and is a guide to non-dual awareness. Meaning is attained by much learning, and much learning is attained by becoming conversant with meaning and not with words; therefore, seekers of truth have to avoid the sticklers for particular words.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.:

The history of Advaita is replete with interpretation and reinterpretation of Sage Sankara’s philosophical work. The generation of Advaita followers that succeeded Sage  Sankara wrote many commentaries on Sage  Sankara’s work. Each commentator claimed that he grasped the essence and true intent of Sage   Sankara and went on to write according to his own understanding. In that process, he wove into the commentaries his personal views and hoisted them on Sage  Sankara.

This kind of adulation gave rise to several versions of Advaita. The numerous glosses written by his followers tried to blend a ritualistic attitude with the monistic inclination of the Master. The result was the distortion of Sage Sankara’s position.

The purpose of the scriptures, Sage  Sankara said, was to describe the reality as it is. Sage  Sankara rejected the Mimamsa view and argued that scriptures were not mandatory in character, at least where it concerned the pursuit of wisdom. 

Upanishads, he remarked, dealt with Brahman (God) and that Brahman (God) could not be a subject matter of injunction and prohibitions.

Sage Sankara strongly advocated the study of Upanishads and, at the same time, cautioned that the study of Upanishads alone would not lead to liberation. In matters such as spiritual attainment, one’s own experience was the sole authority, and it cannot be disputed.

Sage Sankara also said the study of the Upanishad was neither indispensable nor a necessary prerequisite for attaining the human goal, the moksha.

Sage Sankara pointed out; even those who were outside the Upanishad fold were as eligible to moksha as those within the fold were.

Sage Sankara declared that all beings are Brahman, and therefore the question of discrimination did not arise. All that one was required to do was to get rid of ignorance (Duality). :~Santthosh Kumaar