Posted by: Harsha • Dec 8th, 2008 Advaita is a Sanskrit term and
means “not two”. It refers to the philosophy of nondualism.
There is a lot of literature on Advaita Vedanta that can be
found in any good library and, of course, the Internet.
Excellent and reliable information on classical Advaita-Vedanta
and the saints associated with that tradition can be found at
the following links. Usually you will see the term Advaita
Vedanta, where Advaita serves as an adjective for Vedanta
(Nondual Vedanta). Dvaita is the Sanskrit term that refers to
Dualism. The best known modern exponent of the philosophy of
Advaita Vedanta, who tied it to the practice of persistent Self-
Inquiry, is Ramana Maharishi, the Sage of Arunachala. The method
of Self-Inquiry involves asking oneself the question, “Who Am I”
and reflecting deeply on the source of one’s identity that is
felt in everyone as the sense of simply being or existing. See
the following article for more details on Self-Inquiry as the
Science of Self-Realization. Ramana