In K2.32, Gaudapada, radical nondualist par excellence, throws a bomb upon the Vedantic structure of teaching. He says there is no bondage, no striving student, no one desiring liberation, and no one ever liberated. That's the highest truth.
It's the highest truth from that perspective of reality. From the perspective of this transactional world, it’s another side of the enlightenment coin. But there are those poor fools who find themselves lost in friendly fire. They call their condition neo-advaita.
Look, it's like the old example of using a thorn to remove a thorn. Like Gaudapada is saying hold this thorn lightly and use it with the same dispassion and discernment as anything in this dream world. Upon removal of such a problematic thorn, be prepared to throw this thorn away.
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