Vedanta boils down to just one statement:
"You are the subject and not an object."
Anything that can be perceived is an object.
The one that perceives is the subject.
Since objects rely upon a subject they are not unconditioned, hence they have conditional being.
An object in itself is unknown, the subject perceives a projection of the object.
While subject does not rely upon objects, hence it has unconditional being.
This last statement is hard to believe in for most of us.
We assume that once say our body is gone we will also cease to be, while vedanata says it is not so.
The subject is not conditioned upon the object body is an object hence I being the subject am not conditioned on it.
"You are the subject and not an object."
Anything that can be perceived is an object.
The one that perceives is the subject.
Since objects rely upon a subject they are not unconditioned, hence they have conditional being.
An object in itself is unknown, the subject perceives a projection of the object.
While subject does not rely upon objects, hence it has unconditional being.
This last statement is hard to believe in for most of us.
We assume that once say our body is gone we will also cease to be, while vedanata says it is not so.
The subject is not conditioned upon the object body is an object hence I being the subject am not conditioned on it.
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