Editing Indian religions (section)

===== Vedanta =====
{{See also|Advaita Vedanta|Ajativada}}

In the same period [[Vedanta]] changed, incorporating Buddhist thought and its emphasis on consciousness and the working of the mind.{{sfn|Scheepers|2000}} Buddhism, which was supported by the ancient Indian urban civilisation lost influence to the traditional religions, which were rooted in the countryside.{{sfn|Scheepers|2000|p=127-129}} In Bengal, Buddhism was even prosecuted. But at the same time, Buddhism was incorporated into Hinduism, when Gaudapada used Buddhist philosophy to reinterpret the Upanishads.{{sfn|Scheepers|2000}} This also marked a shift from Atman and Brahman as a "living substance"{{sfn|Scheepers|2000|p=123}} to "maya-vada"{{refn|group=note|The term "maya-vada" is primarily being used by non-Advaitins. See <ref group=web>{{Cite web |url=https://harekrishnatemple.com/chapter21.html |title=Mayavada Philosophy |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185604/https://harekrishnatemple.com/chapter21.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref group=web>{{Cite web |url=https://gosai.com/writings/the-self-defeating-philosophy-of-mayavada |title=The Self-Defeating Philosophy of Mayavada |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183434/https://gosai.com/writings/the-self-defeating-philosophy-of-mayavada |url-status=live }}</ref><ref group=web>{{cite web |url=http://gaudiyatouchstone.net/mayavada-and-buddhism-%E2%80%93-are-they-one-and-same |title=Mayavada and Buddhism – Are They One and the Same? |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706152155/http://gaudiyatouchstone.net/mayavada-and-buddhism-%E2%80%93-are-they-one-and-same |archive-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>}}, where Atman and Brahman are seen as "pure knowledge-consciousness".{{sfn|Scheepers|2000|pp=123–124}} According to Scheepers, it is this "maya-vada" view which has come to dominate Indian thought.{{sfn|Scheepers|2000|p=127-129}}