Iamit
30-04-2020, 08:13 AM
Advaita was known by Teachers before it emerged more widely as a teaching but it was felt it was not the time, or appropriate, to teach such a Direct Approach. It was largely kept hidden and traditional paths and practices remained the predominate teaching. At some point (others may know better than I when this may have been) the teaching of Advaita was spread more openly and widely, more clearly and recently by Neo Advaita.
In view of the reaction to Neo Advaita, it seems that the decision to teach The Direct Approach may well have been premature. Does anyone know the reaction to it when it was first taught more widely in the East?
Traditional Advaita did not come in for so much critisism because it retained the idea of paths and practice for an individual to achieve enlightenment
In view of the reaction to Neo Advaita, it seems that the decision to teach The Direct Approach may well have been premature. Does anyone know the reaction to it when it was first taught more widely in the East?
Traditional Advaita did not come in for so much critisism because it retained the idea of paths and practice for an individual to achieve enlightenment