Panchadasi says: ~ "If a person cannot undertake the study into the nature of Brahman, either through a dull intellect or through want of accessories for such inquiry, he must be constantly engaged in the meditation on Brahman." The term accessories here means "the person who knows Brahman, i.e. Gnani.
Whatever is based on the dualistic perspective is bound to be an illusion, because the duality is merely an illusion from the ultimate standpoint.
Swami Vivekananda: ~ “Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified. (From 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda)
Sage Sankara strongly advocated the study of Upanishads, and at the same time, cautioned that the study of Upanishads alone would not lead to moksha. In matters such as spiritual attainment, one’s own realization was the sole authority, and it cannot be disputed
Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire the nondual wisdom. That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and scriptures.
Sage Sankara, indicated in Bhaja Govindam, says: ~ “One without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.
Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on Sruti, or revealed scripture. This may be because Sage Sankara addressed the ordinary man, who finds security in the idea of causality and thus, in the idea of God, and Revelation is indispensable to prove the latter. He believed that those of superior intelligence have no need of this idea of divine causality and can, therefore, dispense with Sruti and arrive at the truth of Advaita by pure reason.
The ultimate truth or Brahman does not become established by mastering the holy books, Scriptures, philosophies, and theories
Sage Sankara says the transparent truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman (Gnani)
It is not possible to realize the Advaitic truth without Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana can be acquired by pondering over and over again upon the subject until whatever object one finds before he is seen as consciousness, which is Brahman. This must become so firmly rooted that he must have a firm conviction that the world in which he exists is nothing but consciousness. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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