Sage Sankara does not believe in bookish knowledge. Sage Sankara denies the authority of any book over any other book.
It is impossible to realize the Self through bookish knowledge. A feeling of profound respect for the physical Guru is still more difficult to uphold. If you are seeking truth, know must not cling to any physical Guru or his teaching.
Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on Shruti, 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 Shruti and arrive at the truth of Advaita by pure reason.
Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-47 All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the not-Self.
Sage Sankara says – “VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book-knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.
All accumulated knowledge that is mental garbage is of no use in the quest for truth. The seeker has to discard all the accumulated knowledge and start afresh
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ through deeper thinking and reasoning helps to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.
Reading and reflecting on my blogs and postings gradually, the seekers will start assimilating and realizing ‘what is the truth’ and what the untruth is.
Repeated reading of my blogs and postings makes the seeker, Soulcentric, and the inner dialogue will start, and clear all the doubts and confusion.
When there are no doubts and confusion, then they have realized the truth that form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness.
There is no use in wasting time in questioning and arguing at the same time, and effort has to be used to make the seeker more independent, and without external spoon-feeding, he can reach the inner core, which is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
In the Atmic path, discussion of the unimportant subject matter is a great hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.
Sage Sankara says:~ VC-47- All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the not-Self.
Advaitic wisdom is universal. Advaitic wisdom does not belong to a religion, but it is pure spirituality based on the invisible Soul, the Spirit. Advaitic wisdom is not a philosophy, but a tool to unfold the truth hidden by ignorance.
Advaitic wisdom is not the dualistic science but the mother of all Science. Advaitic wisdom is the science of Spirit, which exposes the truth hidden by form, time, and space.
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).
Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false leads to truth realization.: .:~ Santthosh Kumaar
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