/lit/ - Literature

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>2) Why the advaita vedanta lingam worship?

Nobody really worships Advaita but anyone who has delved into the writings of the Traditionalists quickly sees why they appreciate it so, which is doubly confirmed by studying the actual texts (I recommend the list at the top of the thread). Advaita is some of the purest expression of metaphysical doctrines that there are, it contains arguably the least cultural and religious baggage and strikes directly at the heart of the matter. It is primarily concerned with the removal of ignorance and a visceral and immediate understanding of the deepest nature of reality and existence. It's texts are beautiful, poetic, illuminating and one feels an incomparable sense of bliss when reading and reflecting on them. There is also the fact that Advaitist doctrines is some of the most similar to the great metaphysical traditions of other traditions like Daoism, to some extent Buddhism and even the esoteric side of ostensibly dualist ones like Islam. Guenon understandably takes the view that both Shankara and Ramanuja are orthodox with the difference being only a matter of emphasis (he comes out in favor of Advaita ultimately) but Advaita cuts to the essence of the common metaphysics described by most traditional teachings.

>Vedanta is merely one of several schools. Advaita is merely one of several schools.

Advaita is the oldest of the Vedanta schools, the most influential and arguably the most accurate. Most of the early Vedas carry a strong non-dualist message and the most important and central passages of these texts tend to be non-dualist. Most of the supposedly dualist- or qualified non-dualism-supporting parts can be understood in the sense of being from the conditioned or relative point of view; i.e. in the same way that Advaita teaches that liberation and bondage only exists in a relative sense because of how once the truth is realized there is in reality no being, no bondage and liberation but simply and only the non-dual truth.

>If you're an advaitist then why not identify that instead of as a traditionalist? The traditionalist label is a bit misleading.

The two are not mutually exclusive, one can be either one or both. As other people have noted Advaita and Islam are particularly popular among traditionalists so you should expect people talk about it alot in Trad threads.

>most religions are closer to dvaita anyways insofar as they distinguish man and God.

Most eastern ones lean more towards Advaita. The exoteric side of the Abrahamic traditions are dualist but the esoteric side of them (especially Islam) tend to lean more non-dualist