Which of the following statements is/are correct about Shankaracharya?
1. Shankaracharya wrote the commentaries on the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.
2. His philosophical views came to be known as Advaita Vedanta.
3. Shankaracharya expounded that ultimate reality is one, it being the Brahman.
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• Shankaracharya wrote the commentaries on the Upanishads, Brahmasutras and the Bhagavad Gita.
• Shankaracharya’s discourse or his philosophical views came to be known as Advaita Vedanta. Advaita literally means non-dualism or belief in one reality.
• Shankaracharya expounded that ultimate reality is one, it being the Brahman.
• According to the Vedanta philosophy, ‘Brahman is true, the world is false and self and Brahman is not different, Shankaracharya believed that the Brahman is existent, unchanging, the highest truth and the ultimate knowledge.
• He also believed that there is no distinction between Brahman and self. The knowledge of Brahman is the essence of all things and the ultimate existence. Ramanuja was another well-known Advaita scholar.
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