Advaita Vedanta

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the philosophical tradition?Advaita Vedanta (non-dualistic school of Vedanta)
2. What is the core principle?Non-duality (Advaita), asserting the ultimate oneness of Atman and Brahman
3. What does "Advaita" mean?Advaita means "not two," showing that everything is actually one.
4. How does Advaita Vedanta say the world looks different from the real truth?It says the many things we see are like a trick; the real truth is one big reality called Brahman.

Brahman: The absolute, unchanging, infinite, and ultimate reality underlying all existence.
Atman: The individual self or soul, understood to be identical with Brahman.
Advaita: The philosophical doctrine of non-duality; the absence of a second or difference.
Maya: Cosmic illusion or the power that conceals the true nature of reality and projects multiplicity.