The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara ~ a wisdom without a Parallel.+

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara  ~ a wisdom  without a Parallel. The Advaitic wisdom  is lofty, sublime, and unique.  . It is highly interesting, inspiring, and elevating. No other philosophy can stand before it in boldness, depth, and subtle thinking. Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is complete and perfect.

Sage Sankara was a mighty, marvelous genius and a profound thinker of the world-class. He was a sage of the highest realization.  

Sage Sankara's Advatic wisdom has brought solace, peace, and illumination. Sage Sankara’s philosophy commands the admiration of the whole world.

The essence of the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is that the world in which we exist is not separate from, the Atman. Atman is one only, without a second substance. The Atman is Brahman. That is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman. Brahman is God in truth.

The Atman means the Soul. The Soul is the Self. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate enduring reality or Brahman. The Soul is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space.

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is the knowledge of the beyond form, time, and space. There is only one supreme reality that is beyond form, time, and space. In reality, the form, time, and space are one, in essence. That essence is the Atman, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused.

The universe is nothing but consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness because the universe is created out of single stuff. Knowledge of single stuff is the Advaitic wisdom.

Sage Sankara accepts that Brahman is the source of the Veda, in the same way as Brahman is the source of the entire universe. This acceptance of a "source" of the Veda would not be acceptable to the true Purva Mimamsakas who follow the thought of Kumarila Bhatta or Prabhakara.

Advatic wisdom of Sage Sankara:~ Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures, and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. 

Orthodox Advaitins believe in the existence of  Saguna Brahman, which is meant for the ignorant people  who are incapable grasping of Nirguna Brahman. Sage Sankara considers Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth.

The essence of Sage Sankara's Advatic wisdom: ~ Jagat (the world) is not different from Brahman; however, Brahman is different from Jagat.

It has not been possible to preach Advaitic Truth entirely free from the settings of dualistic weakness, it has not been more operative and useful to mankind at large because only a few will be able to grasp and realize it.

'To realize the Advaitic Truth a freer and fuller scope the seeker has to realize the form, time and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. And the Soul, the innermost Self is present in the form of consciousness.

To realize the Advaitic truth the seeker has to be free from all superstitions and orthodox contaminations. The seeker has to be dedicated to acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana alone.

Sage Sankara founded his Advaitic wisdom  either on reason independent of Shruti or on Shruti confirmed by reason." 

Sage Sankara:~ This (the unreality of duality) is borne out by the Shrutis ... But it is possible also to show the unreality of the object world even from pure reasoning, and this second chapter is undertaken for that purpose.(Commentary on the Manduka Upanishad, II, 1)

The world in which we exist is a dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is created out of single stuff. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The world in which we exist is merely an appearance or superimposition Just as a snake is superimposed on the rope in the twilight, this world in which we exist is superimposed on the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the Self.

If you get knowledge of the rope, the illusion of the snake in the rope will vanish. Even so, if you get the knowledge of the Soul, the dualistic illusion will never prevail as a reality. Consciousness, which is the cause, produces the effect without undergoing any change in itself. The snake is only an appearance on the rope. The rope has not transformed itself into a snake, like milk into curd. The consciousness is immutable and eternal. Therefore, it cannot change itself into the world. The consciousness becomes the cause of the world, in which we exist and it itself is uncaused.

When you come to know that it is only a rope, your fear disappears. You do not run away from it. Even so, when you realize the eternal immutable Brahman, you are not affected by the phenomena or the names and forms of this world. When Avidya or the veil of ignorance is destroyed through knowledge of the Eternal, when Mithya Jnana or false knowledge is removed by real knowledge of the Imperishable or the living Reality, you shine in your true, pristine, divine splendor and glory.

Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on the 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. 

Sage Sankara 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 Non-Dualism by pure reason. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar