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Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya: The Sage Who Rewrote India's Spiritual Map

November 25, 2025
Shikshak Content Board
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Section 6 of 8 • Paragraph 1 of 5

Common Misconceptions About Advaita Clarified

Misconception 1: "Advaita means nothing is real"

FALSE. Advaita distinguishes levels of reality: Brahman alone has absolute (paramarthika) reality, but the world has empirical (vyavaharika) reality. The world functions, has internal consistency, can be known. It's mithya (dependent reality), not shunya (complete nothingness). The rope-snake analogy: the snake-appearance was experienced (not absolutely non-existent) but only rope has independent reality.

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