Advaita does not belong to any religion. Advaita is the nondual nature of God in truth.+

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is universal wisdom meant for the welfare of the whole of humanity.

Advaita does not belong to any religion. Advaita is the nondual nature of God in truth. Self-knowledge means knowledge of God in truth, which is ever nondual.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom does not belong to any religion it is pure spirituality based on the Atman (Soul).

Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

There are three kinds of audiences: ~

1. The ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices follow the religion.

2. Middling intellect who desire peace and well-being follow the yogic path or meditation.

3. The most advanced seeker who seeks to know the ultimate truth follows the Atmic path. The Atmic path with its emphasis on the Advaitic wisdom is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.

Only through deeper self-search beginners and intermediates gradually become aware ‘what is what’. Only after they have realized that the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, are they ready for the inner journey towards reality, which is beyond the form, time and space.

Upanishad:~ “They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom who are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Ataman. The ordinary man does not understand their way”. (Chapter IV — Alatasanti Prakarana 95-P-188 in Upanishads by Nikilanada)

If you are seeking truth you have to know the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sri, Sankara says the world is an illusion; it includes birth, life, and death, which happens within the world. Thus, the seeker's main aim is to mentally trace the formless substance of the illusion, which is also the witness of the illusion.

Sage Sankara, in Bhaja Govindam, says: ~ “(Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena)” - One without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.

Thus, it proves that religion is not the means to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Because Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is universal knowledge meant for humanity. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not belong to any religion.

The religious-based Advaita has nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar