When Sage Sankara says Brahman or God is impersonal and attributeless then why to worship God with form, names, attributes.+

When Sage Sankara says Brahman or God is impersonal and attributeless then why to worship God with form, names, and attributes.

When Sage Sankara says Atman is Brahman or God in truth, then why to believe and accept anything as God other than the Atman.

Vedas say May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman?

Even the Vedas indicate that the Self is consciousness:-

v Tat tvam asi: -Thou art That “Self is that” -(Sam Veda).

v Prajnanam Brahma: - Consciousness is the ultimate reality- (Rig Veda).

v Ayam Aatma Brahma: -The Self is the ultimate truth- (Atharva Veda).

v Aham Brahma Asmi: -Self is the ultimate reality -(Yajur Veda)

Then why to worship non-Vedic Gods in place of Atman, the real GOD. Self-realization is the truth- realization. Truth- realization is God-realization, and God-realization itself is real worship.

Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.” The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

One must realize the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “Brahmano hi pratisthaham” ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the innermost Self. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

The Vedas confirm God is Atman (Spirit), the Self.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

God and Goddess are religious concepts. Whatever seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the dualistic illusion (world) is a falsehood.

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Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God in truth) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object, as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In Brahman (God), there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Awareness constitutes the very essence or the true nature of Brahman, and not just its attributes. The attributeless Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

All those whose intelligence has been stolen by ignorance believe God as an individual and separate from their own existence.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth of Brahman or God in truth.

Sage Sankara declaration: ~ “Brahman (Soul) is the truth The World is Unreal everything is Truly Brahman (Soul) and nothing else has any value.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God in truth) is present in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself’.

Thus, it refers to formless, nondual and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the i ‘Self’ within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’. Thus, Atman or Soul, the innermost ‘Self’ is God.

Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme ‘Self’ in i.e. Atman or Soul. Vedas indicate clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false self.

God is neither personal nor impersonal because God is not dualistic. God is ever free from the dualistic limitation of form, time, and space.

From God in truth perspective, the form, time and space are non-existent.

If the form, time and space are non-existent then the ‘I’ is non-existent

If the ‘I’ non-existence, then the mind is non-existent.

If the mind is non-existent, then the universe is non-existent.

If the universe is non-existent, then the waking is nonexistent.

If the waking is non-existent, then God alone is real and eternal.

God in truth is hidden by the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion. You are part and parcel of the dualistic illusion or Maya. The Soul is the cause of the dualistic illusion or Maya, but the Soul itself is uncaused.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of form, time, and space. The form, time and space are present in the form of the universe. The illusory universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

Your existence is limited to the illusory form, time, and space. The form, time and space are made of the same clay. That clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Knowledge of the single clay is Self –knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self –knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana helps the seeker to unfold the truth (God in truth) hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

You have to draw your attention back every time it turns to worldliness (I) and fix it in the Soul, the Brahman or God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar