Shankara and Indian Philosophy Akshaya Prakashan This source

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Benjamin Rewland - on whose valuable work 'The Art and Architecture of India (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books

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Shankara and Indian Philosophy Akshaya Prakashan This sourceAbout the Book According to Advaita Vedanta, God or Brahman is identical with the inner self (the Atman) of each person, while the rest of the world is nothing but ob jective illusion (maya). Shankara maintains that there are two primary levels of existence and knowledge: the higher knowledge that is Brahman it self, and the relative, limited knowledge, regarded as the very tex ture of the universe. Consequently, the task of human being is to reach ab