The nature of the one Reality must be known by one’s own clear spiritual perception; it cannot be known through a learned person.

Similarly, the form of the moon can only be known through one’s own eyes. How can it be known through others?

Adi Shankara (8th c. CE-), Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya was an Indian Vedic scholar, philosopher and teacher (acharya) of Advaita Vedanta.