𝐉𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧-𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞?
It is a norm that a conclusion arrived at by one based on just one’s analytical acumen will be refuted someday by some brighter intellectual. Shankara Bhagavatpada has, however, declared, “What I have propounded is not a product of independent intellection. It is only the śruti’s teaching that I have spelt out and substantiated. All of us need to bow to the authority of the śruti, for we are vaidikas, the adherents of the Veda.” The term vaidika denotes not just a purohit (a priest who conducts religious rites), as some think, but applies to all of us who esteem the Veda. As the Veda is the fount of Advaita philosophy, we should never entertain any misgiving about it. Instead, as would be becoming of us, we should have and fortify conviction in it.
Sage Vyasa in the Brahmasutras and Bhagavatpāda in His commentary thereon have forcefully brought out the immaculateness and unassailability of Advaita, the final purport of the Upaniṣads. Those who opposed Advaita and were dealt with often by Sage Vyāsa and Bhagavatpāda were the adherents of one of two philosophical schools, Samkhya and Vaiśeşika. Exposing the fatal fallacies in both these and neutralising the objections voiced by their votaries against Advaita Bhagavatpāda has said, “Your tenets are riddled with irremediable shortcomings. When counter-attacked, you are, thus, at your wits end. Our position is, however, held safe by the unassailable śruti.” Apart from the ancient Samkhya and Vaiśeşika, various philosophical schools have arisen over the ages; their followers too have attempted but failed to find any weakness in Advaita.
Eminent intellectuals of other nations too are clear that Advaita is the finest among philosophies, is logical and contains answers to potential objections, while other schools are far from being so.
One must sincerely strive to grasp Advaita as expounded by Adi Shankaracharya and repeatedly contemplate on it so that you may realize the Truth. – From the book World and God: Gleanings from the Brahmasutras
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