Advaita Vedanta Philosophy and Practices

Mantras in Advaita Vedanta | Function and Meaning
Mantras as used in Hinduism and Buddhism are sacred sounds, utterances, words, short prayers, or sentences in the Sanskrit language, of which it’s b [ ... ]

Vyakti, Vyakta, and Avyakta in Advaita Vedanta
In this post, we’ll discuss the Sanskrit terms Vyakti, Vyakta, and Avyakta and their contextual use in Advaita Vedanta. Vyakti The word Vyakti i [ ... ]

Do You Need a Guru?
The need of having a spiritual teacher is one of the big questions within Advaita Vedanta. So, to attain Spiritual Enlightenment, do you really need a [ ... ]

Ishvara and Saguna Brahman
Ishvara — also written as Ishwara — can have a wide range of interpretations in Hinduism depending on the religious or philosophical linea [ ... ]

Hinduism and the Absolute as the Uncaused Cause
The idea of the Absolute is present in all spiritual and philosophical traditions of India, although often widely differently interpreted. As a genera [ ... ]

How to Find an Advaita Guru?
One of the questions that arises for a person who’s interested in Advaita Vedanta is how to find the right teacher or Guru. Certainly today you’ll [ ... ]

The Jnani According to Advaita Vedanta
What exactly the characteristics are of the Jnani — the spiritual enlightened one — is a question often asked by Advaita Vedanta aspirants [ ... ]

Karma and its Interpretation in Advaita Vedanta
The idea of Karma (or the Law of Karma) in Hinduism involves action, work, or deeds, and the effects or consequences of those. More specifically, it i [ ... ]

Maya | Illusions and the Veil of Spiritual Ignorance
The Sanskrit word Maya in the religious and spiritual sense can mean illusion, delusion, unreality, trick, earthly ignorance, phantasm, attachment, or [ ... ]

Neo-Advaita | The Effort of Attaining Effortlessness
One of the tenets of Neo-Advaita — and in a broader sense all nondual practices such as Zen Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta, or Dzogchen — is th [ ... ]