Upanishad:~ “They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom who are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Atman.+

Advaitic wisdom 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 the invisible Soul, the Self, which is God in truth. Self-knowledge is knowledge of God in truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

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 audience: ~

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 wellbeing 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 of ‘what is what’. Only after they have realized that the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, they are ready for the inner journey towards the nondual reality, which is hidden by the illusory 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 Atman. 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 that the ‘Self’ is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sankara says the world is an illusion; it includes birth, life, and death, which happen within the world. 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 the ultimate truth or Brahman, or God in truth. :. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar