Question

What were the main features of Shankar's Advaita Philosophy? (long answer question)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Advaita Vedanta entails more than self-inquiry or bare insight into one's real nature, but also includes self-restraint, textual studies and ethical perfection. It is described in classical Advaita books like Shankara's Upadesasahasri and the Vivekachudamani, which is also attributed to Shankara.

Answer 2

The features were self-realisation as well as spiritual realisation.

• It is a branch of Hindu philosophy that was once referred to as Puruavda. The main features are -

1. It is a traditional method of spiritual awakening and, in essence, a liberation theology that seeks to guide a seeker past dualism and illusion.
2. It hasn't always been considered a religion but rather a Hindu philosophy or a road to emancipation.
3. It alludes to the notion that the phenomenal world is ultimately unreal and that the genuine self and the greatest metaphysical truth of the cosmos are one and the same.
4. It underlines, even more, the notion that moksha (liberation, freedom) is possible in this life.

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