Non-dualist school of Hindu philosophy associated with Adi Shankaracharya holding that Brahman — pure consciousness — is the only reality, and that the individual self (Atman) is identical with Brahman.
Brahman is nirguna (without qualities) and the only ultimate reality; the apparent plurality of the world is maya (illusion); liberation (moksha) consists in realizing the identity of Atman and Brahman through knowledge (jnana), not ritual or action.
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