2022, Vol. 8, Issue 3, Part A

author(s)
Niveditha R Dileep

abstract
Advaita Vedānta, the non-dualistic form of Vedanta philosophy expounded by Sri Śaṅkarācārya, stands as the soul of Indian orthodox philosophical Systems. It refers to its idea that the true self (Ātman) is the same as the ultimate metaphysical entity (Brahman). The unity of Jivātma and Paramātma is the main aim of Advaita philosophy. The basic concept of Advaita Vedānta can be understand from the following famous Advaitic expression; “ब्रह्मसत्यंजगन्मिथ्या | जीवोब्रह्मैवनअपर: |।”.Advaita considers ‘Brahman ‘as the ultimate entity. It is accepted as the world’s most sumptuous, ancient, superannuated and pioneering testimony of the Science of mind. Even though Advaita expresses the spiritualistic side, materialistic side is also veiled in an embryo form. It is difficult to synthesise both science and spirituality as the former deals with materialistic theory while latter deals with spiritual science. Most of the scholars who were in an arduous search of knowledge focused only in the philosophical study of Advaita. Some of them never ever subjected its materialistic side especially the scientific aspect. Generally Spirituality is considered to be opposed to Science as it is closely associated with materialism. Some protagonists in the scientific field deliberately deny the concept of the Ātman and soul.Then how can we correlate both? What is the purpose of correlating both? Well it’s a relevant question. Being a part of philosophical inquisition, it is essential to focus on the contemporary pertinent thoughts of it, with special reference to modern world. We are living in a world, which is embellished with the impetus implementation of science and Technology.