Manduka Upanishad has no assumptions whatsoever. It is an honest and bold inquiry into truth. It rises above scripture.+

Manduka Upanishad has no assumptions whatsoever. It is an honest and bold inquiry into truth. It rises above scripture.

Manduka Upanishad: ~Reality and illusion together make Brahman: nothing can be left out.

Manduka Upanishad: ~ Atman is the highest Reality.

Manduka Upanishad: ~Only a few will be able to understand and assimilate it 

Manduka Upanishad is not meant for all, as it is based entirely on reasoning.

Sage Goudapada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. He begins by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" etc., because that is the right way to discuss or teach. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika).

Self-realization is possible only by Reason alone. If a serious seeker strives sincerely by means of   Soulcentric reasoning, he will be able to realize it

The ultimate truth demands deeper thinking. People do not want to think: it is too troublesome. Why to worry about the ultimate truth, they say. This is their excuse, an alibi for being too lazy or incompetent to think. They do not want to be bothered to inquire and reason.

Sage   Sankara had a tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything to prove the truth of Advaita by means of reason alone. 

Manduka Upanishad, a scripture which appealed to reason to the exclusion of Revelation. 

The reasoning is interpretable in two ways. The egocentric interpretation is to apply it only to the waking experience. The Soulcentric interpretation is to apply it to the three states. The latter leads to the final settlement of the problems because it takes all data into consideration.

It is only the seeker's sincerity and earnestness in his spiritual pursuit, the knowledge started 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.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar