which today is considered to be one of the foremost important religious institutions in India. The Society, one of a number of such Vedanta centers in the United States, is guided by swamis (monks ...
Adi Shankaracharya, an 8th-century philosopher, profoundly shaped Hinduism with his Advaita Vedanta philosophy. He emphasized the non-dual nature of reality, stating Brahman and Atman are one ...