Q by N: ~ Santthosh Kumaar you say that the base of the soul is not religious topic then why r u explain it by Bhagvad Gita and bible's verses. You are carrying lines from religious books and also saying that religions are harmful to us.
ANS:~ Santthosh Kumaar: ~ “My blogs and postings are only for the seekers who are seriously seeking the truth. Please do not misinterpret. I never said religion is harmful, but the Sages of truth declared that religion is meant for the ignorant populace. The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is pure Spirituality, or Adyathma based on Atman, the Self. The Atman is God in truth.
Advaitic orthodoxy is based on a false idea of God and accepts the experience of birth, life, death and the world as a reality whereas Sage Sankara declared the world is an illusion. The cause of the illusory world is Atman, which is ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
Thus, Advaitic orthodoxy is meant for the ignorant who think that the personal God is real.
The orthodox dualist and nondualists sects have nothing to do with the ultimate truth, or Brahman.
The orthodox Advaita considers birth, life, death, rebirth, heaven, hell, sin, karma, and the world as a reality, whereas Sage Sankara declares the world in which we exist is merely an illusion. If the world is an illusion, then birth, life, death, rebirth, heaven, hell, sin, karma, and the world, are bound to be an illusion.
Without Sage Sankara, there is no Advaita (non-duality). Since it was mixed up with orthodoxy, there is a lot of confusion. Sage Sankara’s quotes (selected and verified) are quoted in my blogs and postings to show what Sage Sankara meant and ‘what is blocking the seekers from realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.
There are so many non-dualistic masters from the east and also from the west who expound Advaitic or non-dualistic knowledge, but none of them are helpful in reaching the ultimate end.
Sage Sankara' gave religious, ritual or dogmatic instruction to the mass, but pure philosophy only to the few who could rise to it. Hence, the interpretation of his writings by commentators is often confusing because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd.
Sage Sankara says in the commentary in Vedanta, Sutra that what is accepted without proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, in something that is detrimental to our spiritual progress.
Sage Sankara means Advaita, and Advaita means Sage Sankara. The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is not theology. Theological Advaita is not Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom.
According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences:~
1, “The ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices”.
2, “The advanced seekers who seek to know the ultimate truth or Brahman.”
Thus, those who are seeking truth have to discard the Theological Advaita without mercy in order to realize the Advaitic truth, which is hidden by ignorance.
Remember:~
Sage Sankara says it is impossible to realize God in truth if you get stuck with the theory of Karma.
According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know Brahman.
Thus, the Purva mimam.sa, with its emphasis on the Karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, Vedanta, with its emphasis on the Jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures. The rituals mentioned in the Karmakanda of the Vedas are sought to be negated in the Jnanakanda which is also part of the same scripture. While the Karmakanda enjoins upon you the worship of various deities and lays down rules for the same, the Jnanakanda constituted by the Upanishads ridicules the worshiper of deities as a dim-witted person no better than a beast.
This seems strange, the latter part of the Vedas contradicting the former part. The first part deals throughout with Karma, while the second, or concluding, part is all about Jnana. Owing to this difference, people have gone so far as to divide our scripture into two sections: the Vedas (that is, the first part) to mean the Karmakanda and the Upanishads (Vedanta) to mean the Jnanakand.
I quote the Scriptural citation and also the citation of the Sages of truth only after verification of reality and proved the truth to point out that the scriptures indicate the truth, which is the Atman, the Brahman or God in truth.
I do not require any scriptures. It is only to help the seekers drop what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.
Spirituality, or Adyathma, is not for religious-minded people. Spirituality, or Adyathma, is not suited for religious people. Religious people must tread their chosen path.
As per the scriptures, the three 'Ashrams', or stages in life, were originally intended for three grades of intelligence, thus:~
Religion:- Low intellects had to do 'karmas' works, ritual actions, chanting of mantras and indulging in bhajans and prayers etc.
Yoga:- Middle intellects: taking yellow robes, going to caves, ashrams, etc.
Advaitic wisdom:~ High intellects: who wanted the truth is concerned with no external rites no prayers or sanyasa but depend solely on the Soulcentric reasoning for their path.
Thus, the seeker has to choose his path according to his choices. Without an intense urge to know the truth and the sharpness to grasp the truth, it is difficult to tread the path of wisdom. Never mix different paths with each other and make a cocktail because it leads to all sorts of doubts and confusion.
The seeker of truth should be aware of everything that is untrue: Stick to the truth, and he shall succeed, maybe slowly, but surely.
If one quotes them before having demonstrated truth, then it is scholasticism.
You have to bifurcate spirituality from religion. There are only a few spiritual insights in the scriptures or books scattered here and there that are signposts that indicate the truth is beyond the religion, which is based on ignorance.
Scriptures are being added to from time to time. This process will go on. There is no final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme.
Sage Sankara restrained himself, from imparting Advaitic wisdom to the mass, and he imparted it to only a selected few. Advaitic wisdom was hidden from those who were not qualified and receptive to it.
The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara itself, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, was not written down, but was imparted orally to the chosen few.
Thus, religion was given to the masses, and knowledge of the Spirit is given only to a few. Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the Spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.
Remember:~
Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one, Atman reveals Its own form. (II -23-P-20)
Sage Sankara said:~Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.
Advaitic cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding, or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use of studying the scriptures and other books to acquire the Advaitic wisdom.
Scriptures mastery, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
The ultimate truth is revealed in the clear understanding and realization of ‘what is truth and ‘what is the untruth.
When one realizes the universe is created out of single stuff, then Self-awareness rises in the midst of duality, exposing the unreal nature of the form, time, and space.
The ultimate truth has to be realized first, then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying. A Gnani do not require any scriptures.
That is why Bhagavān Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, concept of God and scriptures.
Katha Upanishad says : ~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch~ II-5 P-14)
That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”
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.
The Soul, the Self, reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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