Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. There is no use in studying the Vedas and other scriptures to acquire the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.
That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, religious God, and the scriptures.
People think that by studying Vedas one will be able to get Self-realization but it is not so.
Scriptures mastery, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth or Brahman. The ultimate truth is revealed in the clear understanding and realization of ‘what is truth and ‘what is the untruth.
When one realizes the untruth (universe) is created out of single stuff, Self-awareness rises in the midst of duality exposing the unreal nature of the form, time, and space.
Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire non-dual wisdom.
That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, religious Gods, and the scriptures.
With bookish or hearsay knowledge it is unable to prove that everything is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. One has to do lots of homework to realize the Soul, the ‘Self’.
All the Gurus, teachings practices, bookish knowledge are on dualistic perspective; therefore they will not help to cross the threshold of dualistic illusion. The ultimate truth is based nondualist perspective.
Nothing is needed to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space other than realizing the form, time and space are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of the spirit (consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Vedic studies lead one to nowhere. What is the use of studying scriptures when Upanishads itself says:-
Katha Upanishad: ~ ‘This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its own form. (Katha Upanishad Ch-II -23-P-20)
Mundaka Upanishad: ~ ‘This Atman cannot be attained through the study of the Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Atman—by him alone is Atman attained. It is the Atman that reveals to the seeker Its true nature. (3 page-70 - Mundaka Upanishad- Upanishads by Nikilanada)
When the Upanishad says: the human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge and they indicate the personal gods, scriptures, worship, and rituals are not the means to Self –Knowledge, then why anyone should indulge in it.
Sage Sankara says: Keep the scriptures for children but throw them on the fire for wise seekers.
That is why Sage Sankara says:~VC-58- Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar but are no good for Liberation.
59. The study of the scriptures is useless so long as the highest truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.
60. The Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.
61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?
62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.
63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.
64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing oneself of the splendor of the entire surrounding region, one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.
65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
The seeker has to realize the Advaitic truth without the scriptures and without getting involved in orthodoxy.
Remember:~
There is no use in taking the strain to understand and assimilate the conceptual divisions invented by teachers of philosophy by their excessive analysis. There are more and more doubts and confusion if one tries to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth through the scriptures.
Why follow the path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself in the labyrinths of philosophy, when one can realize the ultimate truth without them. By mentally tracing the source of the mind from where it rises and subsides one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind, which rises as waking or dream and subsides as deep sleep.
The mind raises from consciousness and subsides as consciousness. Therefore, there is a need for a perfect understanding, assimilation of nondual truth.
There is no need to renounce worldly life to get Self-Realization. Any householder can attain it if it has the inner urge.
Ashtavakra: - "The man of knowledge, though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him and only those like him understand his state. :~ Santthosh Kumaar
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