Unless we bifurcate Bhagavan Buddha from Buddhism and Sage Sankara from Hinduism, the Advaita hidden by the Dvaita will not be revealed.
Bhagavan Buddha was a Gnani, not his followers. Bhagavan Buddha’s wisdom was lost, it is because it was mixed up and messed up with other religions in Asia, wherever it existed. Bhagavan Buddha started the quest, and Sage Sankara completed the journey.
India is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home, India, whose soil has been trodden by the feet of the greatest Sages of truth like Bhagavan Buddha, Sage Sankara, and Sage Goudpada.
India is the fountainhead of Advaitic wisdom. Advaitic wisdom is brighter, greater, which unfolds the mystery of the universe, and contains the whole of humanity.
The goal of the truth-seeker is to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, is inherent in every seeker of truth. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not come from outside; it is hidden within the world in which we exist.
Bhagavan Buddha is not physical. Bhagavan Buddha is the state that is empty of the illusory division of form, time, and space. Bhagavan Buddha is the fullness of consciousness.
Buddhism has nothing to do with Bhagavan Buddha because Buddhism is physical. Buddhism is based on form, time, and space, whereas Bhagavan Buddha is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
On the non-dualistic perspective, nothingness or emptiness is the real nature of the invisible Soul, the Self. The invisible Soul, the Self, is identified as nothingness or emptiness because it is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
Everything is nothingness. Nothingness is everything, and everything is nothingness. Nothingness is nonduality, and everything is duality. Nothingness is the real nature of the invisible Soul the Self, and everything else is the unreal nature of the invisible Soul. Nothingness is eternal because there is no second thing that exists other than nothingness, which is the nondual nature of the Soul.
The Dalai Lama said: Buddhism need not be the best religion, though it is the most scientific and religion and inquisitive. But Buddhism has no answer to certain questions, like the existence of Atama (Soul) and rebirth. The Dalai lama said that as an individual, he believes in rebirth, as he had come across a few cases of rebirth. Modern science, the Dalai Lama hoped, would unearth the mystery behind the rebirth. (In DH –dec-212009-Gulburga).
The Buddhists are unaware of the fact that the invisible Soul is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the Soul because it is the very essence of the one who denies it.
The invisible Soul is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. The invisible Soul is everything. Thus, the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.
Buddhists believe in emptiness, but they are unaware of the fact that emptiness is the nature of the Soul.
The invisible Soul is the Self. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The invisible Soul is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theater, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
Bhagavan Buddha gave nondualistic wisdom, whereas Buddhism has many teachings. Bhagavan Buddha’s wisdom was lost because it was buried under the diverse teachings of Buddhism.
Buddhism has not proved the truth of Nonduality, whereas Bhagavan Buddha pointed out the unreality of the world, and he told people they were foolish to cling to it. But he stopped there. He came nearest to Advaita in speech, but not to Advaita fully.
Buddhism has not proved the truth of nonduality because they do not believe in the existence of the Soul. Without the existence of the Soul, talking of nonduality is like building a castle in the air.
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, they will know what to do to find inspiration for action. The seeker of truth‘s subject is to know what it is that is Real.
Buddhism says: all things are illusory and nothing exists. However, Advaita avers that it is not so. It says that the universe, of course, is illusory, but there is Brahman (consciousness) that exists, forming the very substratum of all things (illusion or universe).
Advaitic Sages disagree with Buddhists 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, i.e., 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 them. Skandhas, which appear and disappear, are objects that only Buddhists are unaware of as the subject.
Only when we independently search for the truth without religion and its doctrine will we be able to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space.
Sage Sankara and Bhagavan Buddha have given the world a common message. The essence of both the Sages is: ~
The entire world which one perceives is illusory; it is just an appearance of unreality, and there is only one indeterminate and attributeless truth at the root of this world".
Bhagavan Buddha, Sage Sankara, and Sage Gaudapada have declared nondualistic truth centuries ago. The seeker has to reach the destination with scientific (rational investigation, not through punditry and intellectuality.
The seeker must do his homework and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe what others expound as knowledge, till the uncontradicted truth is obtained.
The seeker must have the courage of Bhagavan Buddha to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Since Bhagavan Buddha rejected religion, the idea of God, and scriptures, therefore, it is evident that he has gone through every aspect and verified and found them to be inadequate and useless for the pursuit of truth.
That is why Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine.
Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true.
Bhagavan Buddha:~ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.
One has to mentally reach the final conclusion, then only the conviction becomes firm. Without the firm conviction, wisdom will not dawn. Therefore, there is a need to know consciousness is real, all else is a myth, which Sage Sankara declared as the world is a myth, Brahman alone is real.
Sage Sankara says Atman is Brahman and everything is Brahman, which is a scientific declaration, not religious or yogic. Sage Sankara and Sage Goudpada are more scientific than anyone else in the world. Since the real Advaitic essence is hidden, it cannot be obtained without the inner (mental) journey.
Sage Goudpada says that:~ The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.
Gnana here is knowledge, uncontradictable truth, or scientific truth. Thus, their scientific truth of the whole, not the part, was declared by Sage Sankara many centuries back and taught only to those of higher intellect.
Thus, karma and Upasana, yoga, and orthodoxy have to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.
Advaitic Wisdom is for those who are capable of inquiring into their own existence to know and realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. :: ~Santthosh Kumaar
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