The seeker has to go beyond the Vedas to go beyond religion. Going beyond religion means going beyond the belief in God.
Going beyond the Vedas, religion and personal Gods means ~ going beyond the illusion, that is the end of the Vedas (Veda-antha).
When one goes into the annals of history, it looks like the true Advaita expounded by Sage Sankara and Sage Goudpada was lost or mutilated by the orthodox.
The Advaitic wisdom has nothing to do with orthodox preaching and practice because Advaitic orthodoxy is dogmatism. If you are the Advaitic orthodoxy has to be discarded if one wants to acquire ‘Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Sage Sankara and Sage Goudpada are independent thinkers o; other schools of Indian philosophy are mere theologies. Advaitic philosophy is real philosophy. The dualistic philosophy cannot escape the charge of dogmatism.
Sage Sankara was an independent thinker. His wisdom has not been taken seriously by many in India because most of the followers of Sage Sankara are religious orthodoxy.
Yoga Vasistha:~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."
Anybody can write a commentary on the Upanishads and other great philosophic texts; all they need to do is to source out words. Some westerners, along with some orthodox pundits, translated and published books. The influence of Sage Sankara’s wisdom has nothing to do with orthodox belief systems.
The seeker must do his homework and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe what orthodox pundits expound as knowledge, till; he uncontradicted truth is obtained.
Self- Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the only true knowledge n,ot the absence of duality. ’Self’ -Knowledge cannot destroy the world b, but it eliminates ignorance and exposes the unreal nature of the mind or the universe.
Sage Sankara:~63- Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.
Sage Sankara:~ VC- 61- For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?
How does one get knowledge? What is meant by knowledge? What is true knowledge? –All this of which must be dealt with by the seeker of truth to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.
The Self -knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not destroy the world b, but it exposes the unreal nature of the world which appears as waking and experienced as reality by the person within the waking. In the same way, the unreality of the dream was exposed when waking took place. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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