Concepts

Key ideas in Advaita Vedānta philosophy — the fundamental principles that illuminate the non-dual nature of reality and the path to self-knowledge.

3 concepts

Ātman

The inner self, identical with Brahman — the witness consciousness (sākṣī) that is the foundation of all experience in Advaita Vedānta.

The ultimate non-dual reality in Vedānta — limitless, eternal, the ground of all existence, described as sat-cit-ānanda (being-consciousness-bliss).

The apparent power (śakti) of Brahman that projects the world of names and forms, making the one non-dual reality appear as many.