Sage Sankara proved the existence of God by declaring ~ that Atman is
the only one ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
The proof of God’s existence is not possible without knowing what God is supposed to be in actuality. God is existence itself.
Sage Sankara not only proved the existence of God from the
Vedic perspective but also proved the existence of God rationally.
Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was
based on Shruti, or revealed scripture. This may be because, Sage Sankara addressed the ordinary man, who finds security in
the idea of causality and thus, in the idea of God—and Revelation is
indispensable to prove the latter. He believed that those of superior
intelligence, have no need for this idea of divine causality, and can,
therefore, dispense with Shruti and arrive at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure
reason.
When Sage Sankara says
Brahman or God is impersonal and attributeless then why to worship God with
form, names, and attributes.
God and Goddess are religious concepts. Whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the dualistic illusion (world) is a
falsehood.
Sage Sankara’s Supreme
Brahman (God in truth) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara
(formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the
Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of
the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other
besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In Brahman, there
is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Awareness constitutes the
very essence of the true nature of Brahman and not just its attributes.
The attributeless Brahman of Sage Sankara is
impersonal.
When
Sage Sankara says Atman is Brahman or God then why believe and accept anything as God other than the Atman. Vedas say May ye
never turn away from the Atman the innermost self. May ye never accept another
God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?
~
Then, why worship non-Vedic Gods in place of Atman, the real God.
Self-realization is the truth- realization. Truth-realization is God-realization
and God-realization is real worship.
Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth." The last two
words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the
difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God. One
must realize the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth
about God.
Religious Gods are based on blind belief. Religious God cannot be considered as
the center because the Soul the Self is the center of all that
exists. Without the Soul, the world in which you exist ceases to exist, which means
the religious God is dependent on the Soul for his existence.
Even Rig Veda: ~ The
Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe.
May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept
another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48,
5)
Even Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God in truth) is present in the form of the Athma,
and it is indeed Athma itself.
Sage Sankara is the only Sage who proved the existence of God by
declaring ~ that Atman is the only one ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
Atman is Brahman. The Atman is the Self. Atman is non-dual because
there is no second thing that exists other than the Atman. Atman is present in the
form of consciousness. Consciousness is the only true reality, and
everything else, which appears as form, time, and space is merely an illusion.
Advaita means the Soul, the Self, which is second to none. The
Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness, is the
ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
Advaita is the nondual nature of God, the Self. Advaita is God. Advaita is the fullness of consciousness.
The Soul, the Self itself is Brahman or God in truth. God in truth is present in the
form of consciousness. God in truth is ever-present.
Without Consciousnesses, which is God in truth the world, in which you exist, ceases to exist.
God in truth is
self-evident. God in truth is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible
to deny the existence of God in truth because it is the very essence of the one who
denies it.
God in truth is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and
proofs. God is everything. The God, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano
hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading
consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and
material. (14.27).
When Bhagavad Gita says, that God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and the material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.
The Soul, the God which is present in the form of the consciousness, is
real and eternal. The world in which we exist is an illusion created out of consciousness.
God is beyond is hidden by physical existence. God can never be
proved, through intellectual argument but God can be realized by getting rid
of ignorance. Only by acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma
Gnana getting rid of ignorance is possible.: ~Santthosh Kumaar
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