A Hindu philosophical tradition, a nondualist reading of Vedanta, teaching that the individual self is ultimately identical with Brahman, the ultimate reality, and that liberation comes through knowledge that recognizes the phenomenal world's apparent, rather than final, reality. The tradition crystallized in the eighth century CE through Adi Shankara, generally regarded as its most prominent exponent, who wrote of himself: 'I am Self, the supreme unconditioned Brahman. I am pure Awareness, always non-dual.' This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Start YearAdi Shankara's traditional dates are given variously as circa 700 to 750 CE by some scholars and 788 to 820 CE by others; 800 marks the general eighth-century CE consensus for when the tradition crystallized around his teaching, not a settled single year. Founded DateApproximates Adi Shankara's traditional dating to the 8th century CE, the figure credited with systematizing Advaita Vedanta; the same source states this dating plainly rather than pinning an exact year, consistent with this entity's own start-year fact of 800 (also debated). Connections
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1. Advaita Vedanta (Wikipedia)
WikipediaOverview; Upadesasahasri 11.7
I am Self, the supreme unconditioned Brahman. I am pure Awareness, always non-dual.
Overview
Its core tenet is that jivatman, the individual experiencing self, is ultimately pure awareness mistakenly identified with the body and its senses and with thought-constructs.
Lead section
It is commonly rendered as 'nonduality', and popularly interpreted as meaning that Atman is non-different from Brahman, and often equated with monism.
Body text, on Buddhist concepts Vedanticised by Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), who is generally regarded as the most prominent exponent of the Advaita Vedānta tradition
- Founded By: Adi Shankara
Associated With: Vedanta
a Hindu tradition of Vedanta, a Brahmanical tradition of textual exegesis and philosophy
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