The technical name for non-dualism within Vedanta, asserting that self and ultimate reality are, at the deepest level, not two.
Advaita is the technical name for one specific philosophical position within Vedanta: the claim that self, atman, and ultimate reality, brahman, are, at the deepest level of analysis, not two separate things. This archive gives the term its own page precisely because it is often used loosely, as a stand-in for Hindu philosophy generally, when it actually names one specific and contested position among several.
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A term for ultimate reality developed in the Upanishads and central to later Vedanta — understood very differently across schools.
A term for the innermost self explored in the Upanishads — its nature, and its relation to ultimate reality, are debated across traditions.
A term for appearance, illusion, or the world's deceptive surface — central to Vedanta and interpreted very differently across schools.
The technical name for strict dualism within Vedanta, asserting permanent and irreducible difference between the self and ultimate reality.
The technical name for qualified non-dualism, asserting that self and ultimate reality form a real unity that nonetheless preserves genuine internal distinction.
An influential philosopher associated with a non-dualist reading of Vedanta and with extensive commentarial work — with much of his biography known through later tradition.
A family of interpretive schools centered on the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita.