D-032: Advaita Vedanta
Definition
Advaita Vedanta is a non-dualist (“non-second”) school of Vedanta that treats ultimate reality as a single, unified ground (Brahman). Apparent multiplicity is explained as dependent/derivative relative to that ultimate reality.
Notes / clarification
Reference definitions
- Primary: E-009 (IEP overview: Advaita Vedanta)
- Brahman excerpt: E-010 (IEP Advaita Vedanta)
- Maya excerpt: E-011 (SEP: Shankara)
Non-examples (to prevent equivocation)
- Not the claim that absolutely nothing exists.
- Not a denial that discourse/experience occurs; it reframes ontological status.
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Definition (vault-use)
Advaita Vedanta is a non-dualist (“non-second”) school of Vedanta that treats ultimate reality as a single, unified ground (Brahman). Apparent multiplicity is explained as dependent/derivative relative to that ultimate reality.