advaitavāda (English spelling)

Japanese: advaitavāda(英語表記)advaitavada
advaitavāda (English spelling)

...In Sanskrit, it is called Advaita. The philosophical position of this school is called advaitavāda, and based on the idea of ​​the oneness of Brahman and Atman in the Upanishads, it holds that Brahman, the fundamental principle of the universe, is exactly the same as Atman, the essence of the individual, and that only Brahman, or Atman, exists; everything else is based on ignorance or Maya (illusionary power) and does not exist as if it were an illusion. Its outline is succinctly summarized as follows: Brahman exists, the world is false, and the individual is Brahman.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…サンスクリットでアドバイタAdvaitaと呼ばれる。この派の哲学的立場は不二一元論(アドバイタバーダadvaitavāda)といわれ,ウパニシャッドの梵我一如の思想を踏まえ,宇宙の根本原理ブラフマンは個人の本体であるアートマンとまったく同一であり,ブラフマンすなわちアートマンのみが実在し,それ以外のいっさいは無明またはマーヤー(幻力)に基づき,あたかも幻影のように実在しない。その大綱は,〈ブラフマン実在,世界虚妄,個我即ブラフマン〉と簡潔にまとめられている。…

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