Bhagavan Buddha said: The UPANISHADS talk about liberation, but you will be there.+

Bhagavan Buddha existed in India in a period when the whole country was going through a crisis of everything irrational: the VEDAS, the UPANISHADS, the whole mysticism. The movement against all this was very great, particularly in Bihar where Buddha was.

Bhagavan Buddha was charismatic and hypnotic. People were impressed by him. But the interpretation of Buddha was bound to be rational. 

If Bhagavan Buddha had lived at another time in history, in a part of the world that was not against mysticism, he would have been seen as a great mystic, not as an intellectual. The face that is known belongs to the history of a particular time. As I see Bhagavan Buddha, he was not primarily rational. The whole concept of nirvana is mystical.

He was even more mystical than the UPANISHADS, because the UPANISHADS, however mystical they look, have their own rationality. They talk about the transmigration of the Soul. Bhagavan Buddha talked about transmigration without a soul. It is more mystical.

Bhagavan Buddha said: The UPANISHADS talk about liberation, but you will be there. Otherwise, the whole thing becomes nonsense. If I cannot be in that ultimate state of existence, then the whole effort is useless and illogical. Bhagavan Buddha said the effort is to be done – and you will not be there. It will just be nothingness. The concept is more mystical. (OSHO)

Bhagavan Buddha:  ~ Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. 

Bhagavan Buddha:~ It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. 

 Bhagavan Buddha To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

An essential identity between Atman and Brahman is upheld in Advaita Vedanta. The personality of Sage Sri, Sankara, and the force of Advaita teaching is so strong that most post-Sankarian schools of Vedanta consciously define their doctrines against Advaita thought.

When Advaita declares Atman and Brahman, then the direct realization of truth is possible without the scriptures. Know the soul to be the true self. The soul, the innermost self is present in the form of consciousness. And realize the consciousness as the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Self-Knowledge is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the self their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality which makes one feel the duality (waking) as a reality.

Therefore, there is no need to study the scriptures, or indulge in god and guru glorification, or perform religious rituals. Since they are not the means to acquire non-dual wisdom. It is only a waste of time and effort to indulge in those things.

That is why Sage Sankara says:~VC-59- The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.

60. The Scriptures, consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.

61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.

63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

Advaita (non-duality) and dvaita (duality) is a state of the Self. It is not some intellectual theory. The Orthodox Advaitins believe the Atman (Soul) is Brahman, and the world is an illusion. The Orthodox dvaitins believe in the body as Self, they believe the world is a reality, and they believe in the creator and creation theory. 

In India Advaita and Dvaita is mere a religious tradition, which they inherited from their ancestors. No one questions their validity, because it is considered blasphemy to question any guru and god-men or pundits.

People who are attached to their religious code of conduct and trying to preach Advaita, that is mixing the individual life, and the concept of God, and all mixed up hotchpotch religious doctrine and feed the seeking minds, are themselves not aware of the fact that the individuality and the worldly life is part of the illusion and it is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman

Bhagavan Buddha must have verified religion, the Vedas, and the concept of God and found them inadequate and useless in the pursuit of truth and rejected them. Bhagavan Buddha, he got enlightened without the aid of religion, the Vedas, and the concept of God.

That is why Buddha said: ~ Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true

After studying and going through all the rigorous training from the religious scholars in the Theosophical Society, J.K was confused about all these, and when he started verifying with deeper introspection, he found everything was priest-crafted hotchpotch ideologies. Thus, he refused to become the world guru, rejected it, and walked out and condemned the priestcraft. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar