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is Advaita Vedanta really just "crypto-Buddhism?"

>> No.19095101

Crypto?

>> No.19095115

>>19095101
are you saying it's just Buddhism or are you asking about the term? It's a common accusation of the philosophy

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Buddhism has lived rent-free in Hindu theology for 2500 years. No other thinker on earth has caused as much seethe as the Bhagavan

>> No.19095164

>>19095123
>there are essences
>well, actually, there are no essences
>actually I heard from this Arab guy that there are no essences because everything is God
>and actually God is essential so there are actually essences
t. Vedantist

>> No.19095197

>>19095115
I dont understand the term

>> No.19095212

>>19095197
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crypto see the second definition

>> No.19095229

>>19095090
That currynigger you posted is not a good representative of Advaita Vedanta.

>> No.19095276

Shankara = Brahman exists beyond ignorance
Buddha = there is no supreme God beyond ignorance

Shankara = the soul is eternal
Buddha = there is no eternal soul

Shankara = the Atman exists and its awesome
Buddha = dont ask me about the Atman or talk about it

Shankara = here’s a wonderfully lucid and consistent metaphysics
Buddha = dont talk about metaphysics

Shankara = consciousness is by nature bliss, unenlightened people just dont realize it
Buddha = consciousness is sooofering, we must end it

Shankara = the caste system is divinely ordained and conducive to the wellness of mankind
Buddha = noooo caste is bad, noooo you have to treat everyone equally

Shankara = morality is an secondary concern to ultimate metaphysical truth
Buddha = goes around moralfagging

Shankara = consciousness is always alike as pure awareness
Buddha = people have eye-conciousness, nose-conciousness, ear-consciousness etc

Shankara = Moksha isnt annihilation because the soul continues as eternal Bliss-Awareness
Buddha = Parinirvana isnt an annihilation but I’m completely unable to explain why, just trust me bro

>> No.19095294

>>19095212
Not openly declared? So crypto buddhists are secretly buddhists. Why would they be like that?

>> No.19095339

>>19095229
what are the differences between Advaita Vedanta and Neo-Vedanta?

>> No.19095353

>>19095276
wow, congratulations, you know nothing about either philosophy

>> No.19095357

>>19095353
not the poster, but can you elaborate on that?

>> No.19095361

>>19095276
Cool strawman. Buddhism lives rent-free with Vedantists as per usual.

>> No.19095398

>>19095090
Vedanta perfected Buddhism.

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yes

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>> No.19097546

>>19095276
shitty strawman

>> No.19097556

>>19095339
Advaita puts emphasis on textual exegesis as the main practice, while Neo-Advaita lifts the metaphysics from classical Advaita but, in modern/post-modern style, incorporates practices from all around the hindu culture, plus practices and beliefs from western mysticism, with accent on personal experience and individualised free practice, as opposed to the strict dogmas of classical Advaita lineages.

>> No.19098084

>>19097546
how so? It seems to be largely accurate

>> No.19098232

>>19095276
Luckily both were btfo by Plato so we don’t have to care which is better

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>>19098232
>both were btfo by Plato

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>>19098232
Not so fast dogmatist

>> No.19098386

>>19098232
>doesn't know Vedanta and Platonism are basically the same thing
anon...

>> No.19098431

Deep down inside they are just degenerates who refuse to follow the 5 fives of jainism
they will be reborn as ants or plants or something like that

>> No.19098459

>>19098431
Based jain. Make sure you wear a mask

>> No.19098480

>>19097556
Finally, someone gives me a straight answer.

>> No.19098496

>>19095090
Swami Vivekananda was part of the counter-initiation.

>> No.19098579

>>19098431
>Jainism
refuted by Badarayana (pbuh) in his Brahma Sutras, as explicated in the bhasya of Sri Shankaracharya (pbuh)