Brahman Advaita Vedanta

according advaita vedanta, brahman highest reality, unborn , unchanging, , not sublatable , , cannot superseded still higher reality. other brahman, else, including universe, material objects , individuals, ever-changing , therefore maya. brahman paramarthika satyam, absolute truth , and

the true self, pure consciousness ... reality (sat), since untinged difference, mark of ignorance, , since 1 thing not sublatable .

in advaita, brahman substrate , cause of changes. brahman considered material cause , efficient cause of exists. brahman primordial reality creates, maintains , withdraws within universe. creative principle lies realized in whole world .

advaita s upanishadic roots state brahman s qualities sat-cit-ānanda (being-consciousness-bliss) means true being-consciousness-bliss, or eternal bliss consciousness . adi shankara held satcitananda identical brahman , atman. advaitin scholar madhusudana sarasvati explained brahman reality simultaneously absence of falsity (sat), absence of ignorance (cit), , absence of sorrow/self-limitation (ananda). according adi shankara, knowledge of brahman shruti provides cannot obtained in other means besides self inquiry.

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