How to pronounce “advaita” in English

Advaita Vedanta says you can at the deepest level because we are all one.

Advaita Vedanta is truly radical.

Advaita Vedanta says no, consciousness does not create an universe in that sense.

reasonable-- Advaita Vedanta asks, why would you think there are many consciousnesses?

He teaches Advaita, or nondual Vedanta philosophy, and is also well versed in many other philosophies of the world.

That shows you why Advaita Vedanta thinks there's one consciousness.

So this Advaita Vedanta, this nondual consciousness, this awareness of one consciousness, it can serve as a basis, as a foundation for ethics.

So the first step in Advaita Vedanta is to appreciate what consciousness really is, what am I as consciousness, and then to see whatever I experience is actually not different from me,

What is the process in Advaita Vedanta?

There are methodologies developed in Advaita Vedanta which help us in this investigation, and I will talk about one of these methods.

So the first step in Advaita Vedanta is to appreciate what consciousness really is, what am I as consciousness, and then to see whatever I experience is actually not different from me,

And I will not go into the arguments here why Advaita Vedanta insisted it must be one consciousness, but I'll give you a clue.

What I am presenting is a different one, and that actually comes from the ancient Vedantic-- Advaita Vedanta, from the ancient Indian knowledge

What we are saying, what Veda says, what Advaita Vedanta says, is that this field is actually a field of consciousness.

The whole purpose, let us remember, of Advaita Vedanta, nondual Vedanta, was overcoming human suffering and attainment

The whole purpose, let us remember, of Advaita Vedanta, nondual Vedanta, was overcoming human suffering and attainment

So this idea we must accept from Advaita Vedanta, that consciousness is uniquely distinct, it's an entirely different category

This one consciousness known as Brahman or Atman in Advaita Vedanta, is nondual, Advaita, not two,

Vedanta and, over the centuries, into this philosophy of nondual Vedanta, which is a school of Vedanta, Advaita

It's one consciousness, known as or Vedanta-- is nondual, Advaita, not two, with

the centuries, into this philosophy of nondual Vedanta, which is a school of Vedanta, Advaita Vedanta.

But other philosophies, ancient philosophies in India, for example, the Sankhya, which is pretty close in the theory of consciousness to Advaita Vedanta--

The second approach is just the opposite, that consciousness is the producer of matter, and this is not Advaita, not nondual Vedanta.

Exactly like that, and there are very solid arguments at every step of the way, why Advaita Vedanta insists this entire universe must be an appearance in consciousness.