What is nature of reality according to Vedanta teaching in your view?

Reality, according to Shankara, is self-luminous. Self-luminosity means the capacity of being present in all our acts of consciousness and being perceived by others as such. This self-luminous consciousness constitutes the inner core of self.

What is infinity and Advaita?

Advaita Vedanta is the path while infinity is the goal. Advaita Vedanta says that Brahman alone is real, while the world is unreal. Whatever the world manifests is due to maya which is the power (so to say) of Brahman.

What according to Vivekananda is the philosophy of Vedanta?

The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves for the possession of the divinity. It is essential teaching according to Swami Vivekananda’s words, is that “Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature: external and internal.

What is reality according to Vedas?

The Vedas conceptualize Brahman as the Cosmic Principle. In the Upanishads, it has been variously described as Sat-cit-ānanda (truth-consciousness-bliss) and as the unchanging, permanent, highest reality.

What are the different interpretations of Vedanta philosophy?

The Vedanta philosophy, as it is generally called at the present day, really comprises all the various sects that now exist in India. Thus there have been various interpretations, and to my mind they have been progressive, beginning with the dualistic or Dvaita and ending with the non-dualistic or Advaita.

Is the world an illusion according to Advaita Vedanta?

According to Advaita Vedanta the world is an illusion or maya, which is caused by the veiling power of Brahman. It is unreal or illusory in an absolute sense. Since it is a projection of God’s consciousness, it disappears when it is withdrawn. The veiling is called avarna and the projection viksepa.

What is Advaita Vedanta theory of causation?

Advaita Vedanta recognizes two forms of causation, the material cause and the instrumental cause. According to the school Brahman is both the material and instrumental cause of creation. In other words, Brahman provides not only the will and direction but also the material and energy needed to manifest the things, beings and worlds.

What is the best book on Advaita Vedanta?

Mandukya Karika of Gaudapada is considered to be the first available treatise on Advaita Vedanta, while the monumental works of Shankaracharya constitute its core literature. Successive generations of scholars enriched the school of Advaita through their teachings and scholarly works.