2006-11-28 16:03:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One has a much better name.
2006-11-28 16:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by ATHEIST_BAN_ CHRISTIANITY 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Correct spelling: Adi Shankara's Advaita Vedanta.
Adi Shankara was apparently theistic, although more pantheistic. Buddhism requires no reference to a god.
"Adi Shankara's opponents accused him of teaching Buddhism in the garb of Hinduism, because his non-dualistic ideals were a bit radical to contemporary Hindu philosophy. However, it may be noted that while the Later Buddhists arrived at a changeless, deathless, absolute truth after their insightful understanding of the unreality of samsara, historically Vedantins never liked this idea. Although Advaita proposes the theory of Maya, explaining the universe as a "trick of a magician", Adi Shankara and his followers see this as a consequence of their basic premise that Brahman alone is real. Their idea of Maya emerges from their belief in the reality of Brahman, rather than the other way around."
2006-11-29 00:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I knew I had a lot to learn....but what did you ask?
Wow! I have a lot more to learn than I realized. (sigh)
2006-11-29 00:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what difference does it make?
2006-11-29 00:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
And what, pray tell, is ADISANKARACHAARYA'S ADVITAM?
2006-11-29 00:09:05 · answer #5 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋