IS VEDANTA FOR THE WEST?

T. M. P. Mahadevan, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Madras in India stated that Vedanta does not distinguish between race, color, climate, or country.

While it came to be discovered first in India, Vedanta is not meant for India alone.

The qualifications that make one eligible for the study of Vedanta do not include any particular place of birth or genealogy.

Vedanta addresses the thirst for the eternal.  It is true that at any given time in the world only a few may become aware of this thirst.

Those who seek Brahman, or God, are as rare as the seeking is difficult. Those rare seekers, however, are not the exclusive products of any particular time or country.

They may be seen in the most unexpected places. They may turn up in the least expected times.