Editing Solipsism (section)

====Advaita Vedanta====
[[Advaita]] is one of the six most known Hindu philosophical systems and literally means "[[Nonduality (spirituality)|non-duality]]". Its first great consolidator was [[Adi Shankaracharya]], who continued the work of some of the [[Upanishads|Upanishadic]] teachers, and that of his teacher's teacher [[Gaudapada]]. By using various arguments, such as the analysis of the three states of experience—wakefulness, dream, and deep sleep, he established the singular reality of [[Brahman]], in which Brahman, the universe and the [[Atman (Hinduism)|Atman]] or the Self, were one and the same.
{{Blockquote|One who sees everything as nothing but the Self, and the Self in everything one sees, such a seer withdraws from nothing.
''For the enlightened, all that exists is nothing but the Self,'' so how could any suffering or delusion continue for those who know this oneness?| ''[[Ishopanishad]]'': sloka 6, 7}}

The concept of the [[Ātman (Hinduism)|Self]] in the philosophy of Advaita could be interpreted as solipsism. However, the theological definition of the Self in Advaita protect it from true solipsism as found in the west. Similarly, the [[Vedantic]] text [[Yogavasistha]], escapes charge of solipsism because the real "I" is thought to be nothing but the [[Absolute (philosophy)|absolute whole]] looked at through a particular unique point of interest.<ref>O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vhNNrX3bmo4C&dq=solipsism+hinduism&pg=PA121 Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities]. University of Chicago, 1984. pp. 120–1. {{ISBN|0-226-61855-2}}.</ref>

It is mentioned in Yoga Vasistha that “…..according to them (we can safely assume that them are present Solipsists) this world is mental in nature. There is no reality other than the ideas of one’s own mind. This view is incorrect, because the world cannot be the content of an individual’s mind. If it were so, an individual would have created and destroyed the world according to his whims. This theory is called atma khyati – the pervasion of the little self (intellect).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Srinivasan|first=Vasanthi|date=2003|title=Transcreation of the Bhagavad Gita, and: Instant Nirvana: Americanization of Mysticism and Meditation, and: An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy: An Annotated Translation of the Yoga Sutras (review)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pew.2003.0030|journal=Philosophy East and West|volume=53|issue=3|pages=421–425|doi=10.1353/pew.2003.0030|s2cid=170761905|issn=1529-1898}}</ref> Yoga Vasistha - Nirvana Prakarana - Uttarardha (Volume - 6) Page 107 by Swami Jyotirmayananda