Sri Adi Sankaracharya

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Sri Adi Sankara made three statements:

 

(1) Brahman is real

(2) The universe is unreal

(3) Brahman is the Universe.

 

When the Universe is perceived apart from Brahaman, that perception is false and

illusory (Maya). What it amounts to is that phenomena area real when experienced

as the Self and illusory when seen apart from the Self. The Self alone exists

and is real. The world, the individual and God are, like the illusory appearance

of silver in the mother-of-pearl, imaginary creations in the Self. They appear

and disappear simultaneously. Actually, the Self alone is the world, the 'I' and

God. All that exists is only a manifestation of the Supreme.