What is the difference between how the self is discussed in Buddhism vs Advaita Vedanta?

Advaita says that the Consciousnes Atman (Self) is the ultimate eternal reality of universe. Consciousness is the substratum of all that exists. Consciousness alone truly exists and everything else is an illusion. Buddhism says that the Anatta (Non-Self) and Emptiness is the ultimate reality of universe.

Is Advaita Vedanta copied from Buddhism?

if you look at the advait vendanta and Buddhism. you will find Advait vedanta is almost same as that of buddhism, including most of the terminology.. Buddha came around 600–8000 BC. Buddhist philosophy was spread across most of India and abroad by 200–300BC( king Ashoka reign was between 268 BEC to 232 BCE).

What is self according to Advaita Vedanta?

Atman, for Advaita Vedanta, is pure, undifferentiated self-shining consciousness, timeless, spaceless, unthinkable, which is not-different from Brahman and which underlies and supports the individual human person.

What is the meaning of Advaita Vedanta?

Vedanta means the end parts of Vedas, which contains the essence of Vedas. Here the end part is to be taken as essence and not literally ‘end’ part. Hence, Advaita Vedanta can be defined as a marg (path) which teaches the essence of vedas that there is one supreme reality (non-dual) – NirguNa Brahman (निर्गुण ब्रह्म).

Is Advaita a monist or non-dualistic philosophy?

Many scholars describe it as a form of monism, while others describe the Advaita philosophy as non-dualistic.

What are the three states of consciousness according to Advaita?

Advaita posits three states of consciousness, namely waking (jagrat), dreaming (svapna), deep sleep (suṣupti), which are empirically experienced by human beings, and correspond to the Three Bodies Doctrine: The first state is the waking state, in which we are aware of our daily world. This is the gross body.

What is jivanatman or individual self?

In this view, jivanatman or individual self is a mere reflection of singular Atman in a multitude of apparent individual bodies.