CORE OF VEDANTA

Vedanta teaches that the purpose of human life is to realize the ultimate Reality, or Godhead, here and now, through spiritual practice.  The term Vedanta often refers only to the nondualistic aspect of the philosophy, Advaita Vedanta.

Advaita Vedanta holds that the manifold universe of name and form is a misreading of the one ultimate Reality called Brahman.  (Brahman is regarded as transcendent, and Atman is regarded as immanent.)  Since it is omnipresent, this Reality must be within every creature and object.

Vedanta accepts all the great spiritual teachers, and the personal and impersonal aspects of the Godhead worshiped by different religions, viewing them as manifestations of the one Reality.  By demonstrating the essential unity on which all religions are founded, Vedanta is a framework within which all spiritual truths can be expressed.