Buddhism has no answer to certain questions like existence of Atama [Soul] and rebirth. +

Buddhism has not proved the truth of Nonduality. There is no doubt Buddha pointed out the unreality of the world. He told people they were foolish to cling to it. But he stopped there. He came nearer to Advaita in speech but not to Advaita fully.

Dalai Lama said: Buddhism need not be the best religion though it is the most scientific religion and inquisitive. But Buddhism has no answer to certain questions like the existence of Atama [Soul] and rebirth. Dali lama said that as an individual he believes in rebirth as he had come across a few cases of rebirth. Modern science, Dalai Lama hoped would unearth the mystery behind the rebirth. (In DH –dec-212009-Gulburga)

Sage Sankara has the answer: ~ ‘The Soul is the Self’. The Soul, the ‘Self ‘is birthless and deathless because it is the ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

When the Soul is birthless and deathless then the question of rebirth does not arise. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Buddhists identified the Soul as emptiness and denied the existence of the Soul.

It is an error to deny the Soul, which is the cause of the world in which we exist and it, itself is uncaused.

The Soul is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the Soul because It is the very essence of the one who denies It. The Soul is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Self is within, the Self is without; the Self is before, the Self is behind; the Self is on the right, the Self is on the left; the Self is above and the Self is below. The Soul is everything. Thus, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman

Sage Sankara disagrees with Buddhists who say, there is nothing - nonentity. Sage Sri, Sankara believes there is some reality, even though things are not what they appear to be. If one knows the truth, he will know what to do to find inspiration for action. The seeker of truth‘s subject is to know what is it that is Real.

Buddhism says: that all things are illusory and nothing exists. However, Advaita avers that it is not so. It says that the universe, of course, is illusory, but there is Brahman (consciousness), that exists forming the very substratum of all things (illusion or universe). ~Santthosh Kumaar