Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. The seeker has to begin by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" because that is the right way to understand and assimilate.+

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. The seeker has to begin by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" because that is the right way to understand and assimilate. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)

Different gurus and teachers are pointing out the understanding of the Advaitic truth from different standpoints.

All such understanding of Advaita is on the dualistic perspective accumulated from here and there.

Advaita is not a theory or a philosophy. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the Self. There is no need for any theory or philosophy, or scriptures to acquire Self-knowledge. Only a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

The citations from scriptures are not proof. The ultimate truth has to be proved without the scriptures. The Advatic truth is the ultimate truth.

The ultimate truth is the universal truth, and it does not belong to any religion. Religion causes diversity in unity, whereas the ultimate truth or Brahman brings unity in diversity.

It is not that one should pore over the ancient scriptures. There is no need to study first, then realize. One has to realize first, then only he will know ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’.

One has to make their discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

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.

Remember:~

Guru, Swami, Yogi, Sadhu, and Avatara belong to religious paths. The religious path is a path meant for the ignorant who blindly accept their experience the birth, life, death, and the world as reality because the universe is the product of ignorance.

One need not be a monk, a sanyasi, or a swami to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Religious orthodoxy, scriptural mastery, is not a qualification to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Monkhood and the sanyasa are great obstacles in the pursuit of truth.

When wisdom dawns, then the unreal nature of the universe is exposed.

Whatever experiences take place within the universe are bound to be a falsehood. Therefore, the Guru, Swami, Yogi, Sadhu, and Avatar have nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman because they are based on the false Self (ego or waking entity) and false experience (waking).

The Path of Wisdom is only for those who are seriously in search of the ultimate truth or Brahman. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana is the mother of all knowledge; thus, it is not accumulated knowledge. ~ Santthosh Kumaar