All the spiritual paths other than Advaita are useless unless it causes us to seek the truth of our true existence.+

Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

Even Buddhism is mixed up with regional culture and traditions of the local religion, wherever it existed. Thus, to get the full essence of Buddhism is very difficult.

Dalai Lama said:~ “Buddhism need not be the best religion though it is most scientific and religion and inquisitive. But Buddhism has no answer to certain questions like the existence of Atama (Soul) and rebirth. Dali lama said that as an individual he believes in rebirth as he had come across a few cases of rebirth. Modern science, Dalai Lama hoped would unearth the mystery behind the rebirth. (In DH –dec-212009-Gulbarga).

When the Soul, the Self is unborn eternal the Buddhists are still stuck up with rebirth because they do not believe in Athma.

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Buddhists do not believe in Athma but they believe in emptiness. Buddhist fail to realize the emptiness is the nature of the Athma. Emptiness itself is Athma. emptiness is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space.  Without the Athma it is impossible to prove nonduality. 

The Athma is the Self.   The Athma is present in the form of consciousness.  Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. 

Until one thinks of his body as the body, the ego as the ego the universe as the universe he remains in ignorance because he is still in ignorance and he is unaware of the fact that they too are the consciousness. 

The Upanishads have the answer to the existence of the Atama.

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

Sage Sankara disagrees with Buddhists who say, there is nothing - a nonentity. Sage  Sankara believes there is some reality, even though things are not what they appear to be. If one knows the truth, he will know what to do to find inspiration for action. The seeker of truth‘s subject is to know what is it that is Real.

Advaitic Sages disagree with Buddhists (Vijnanavadin) only on the Ultimate question, but they agree with their idealism fully.

Even when you say "I am not" you are thinking. Hence, every thought means positing some existence. To exist is to be thought of hence our criticism of Sunyavada which says there is nothing. In saying "There is nothing" they are unconsciously positing something. The thought of nothing is existence itself. Hence only by refraining from thought can they state their case. The thought itself is an object. The negation of existence is a thought. The presence of an object means duality. Hence, this proves that the Sunyavadins never understood non-duality, ie. Brahman.

Buddhism agrees in thinking that the ego sees itself; they do not admit there is anything that sees the ego: they say there is no proof that any witness exists. When thoughts are there, thoughts become conscious of themselves.  Skandhas that appear and disappear are objects only Buddhists are unaware of the subject.

Buddhism and its relationship with Science are like that of water and wine, one cannot say there is no water in wine, but when you drink it, it would not be the water but wine... thus Einstein’s view is water in wine because modern science does not believe in the matter but in this religion, everything is the matter only"

Advaita is pure spirituality. All the spiritual paths other than Advaita are inadequate and useless unless it causes us to seek the truth of our true existence. All controversies about creation, the nature of the universe, evolution, the purpose of God, etc., are useless in the Atmic path.

Bhagavan Buddha: ~ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.

99% of People are more interested in finding out solutions for their problems of their practical life within the practical world. Atmic path is nothing to do with the practical life within the practical world. Thus, they follow the religious path.

In the Atmic path, we have to grow from the inside out. None can teach us, none can make us spiritual. There is no other Guru but our own Soul.”

Self-knowledge or Atma Gnana or Brahma Gnana cannot be attained by one who is without strength or earnestness or without the receptiveness and courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth. If a serious seeker strives sincerely by means of inquiry, analysis, and Soulcentric reasoning, he will be able to realize it.

It is only the seekers' sincerity and earnestness in his spiritual pursuit, the knowledge starts revealing on its own. Anyone who has humility and patience and is sincere and ready to drop their accumulated dross and receptive to accept the truth will enter nondual Self-Awareness when his conviction becomes firm.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha: ~ No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

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People who argue that Soul does not exist are not aware of the fact that their own existence is dependent on the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

One should not conclude because some great thinker said so or some philosophy says so. Without consciousness, the mind, which is present in the form of the universe ceases to exist. Man ceases to exist without the universe. The universe ceases to exist without the Soul, the Self. The Soul can exist with or without the universe., which is the dualistic illusion.

However, one can attest to the fact that the Soul does exist because the whole physical existence is dependent on it. Even though one can't see it but he cannot exist without it. Without the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, nothing can exist and nothing can be known or seen or experienced.

Until one thinks of his body as the ‘Self’, he will remain ignorant of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, he remains unaware of consciousness because he exists in the dualistic illusion. He identifies the ‘Self’ with the physical body and becomes ignorant of the Soul and experiences the dualistic illusion as a reality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar