NO CENTRAL PERSON

Vedanta did not originate with any one person or prophet and does not build itself around a central person.  At the same time, it has nothing against other philosophies that do.
 
Other philosophies and systems arose in India that were built around certain persons, such as Buddhism, and many of India’s present sects.  Each has a particular leader to whom they owe allegiance, just as the Christians and the Muslims have. 
 
Vedanta, though, as a very, very ancient philosophy, is in the background of all these various sects and embraces all of them.  Vedanta holds that many streams lead to the ocean; many paths lead to God.