Abstract
Gaudapada, the grand teacher of Sankara, admits the transcendental reality only. Duality is mere illusion. Gaudapada leads us from gross reality to subtle reality. In meditation also there is a gradual unfolding of subtlety. Sankara deals with both Advaita metaphysics and epistemology. According to him, the source of cognition (pramana is a mental mode (antahkaranavrtti). It removes the ignorance of the object. Brahmakara antahkaranavrtti is the final mental mode. In Advaita epistemology there is a gradual unfolding of mental mode. Sankara advocates three levels of reality- the transcendental reality, empirical reality and apparent reality. All objects, Sankara holds, are real in their own levels of existence. His philosophy teaches us the gradual unfolding of reality.
Highlights
Gaudapada, the grand teacher of Sankara, admits the transcendental reality only
When the self is in the waking state He is called Visva i.e. ‘all’ because as an embodied one he is known to every man
We notice the gradual unfolding of reality in Gaudapada’s philosophy. Gaudapada formulates this gradual unfolding of Advaita metaphysics for the competent readers of Advaita Vedanta
Summary
The grand teacher of Sankara, admits the transcendental reality only. Duality is mere illusion. Brahman or the Self is the only reality. When the self is in the waking state He is called Visva i.e. We notice the gradual unfolding of reality in Gaudapada’s philosophy. Gaudapada formulates this gradual unfolding of Advaita metaphysics for the competent readers (mukhya adhikarin) of Advaita Vedanta.
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