Shakara did not teach ‘The world is an illusion, only Brahman is real, the world is Brahman’

~ Tom Das

As far as I’m aware Shankara never actually taught ‘The world is an illusion, only Brahman is real, the world is Brahman.’ – this appears to be a misquote.

The actual teaching is ‘Brahma satyam, jagat mithya, jivo brahmaiva naparah’

..which means:

‘Brahman is Truth/Reality, the world is illusion, the Jiva (individual Self or ‘I’ or ‘I Am’) [when enquired into] is nothing but Brahman’

One thought on “Shakara did not teach ‘The world is an illusion, only Brahman is real, the world is Brahman’”

  1. Gracias por la observación.

    Como sea, me parece que ambas frases son valiosas independientemente de quién las haya dicho.

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