What is the final conclusion of Vedanta?

Verse (Sanskrit): ब्रह्मैवाहं सर्ववेदान्तवेद्यं नाहं वेदं व्योमवातादिरूपम्‌। रूपं नाहं नाम नाहं न कर्म ब्रह्मैवाहं सच्चिदानंदरूपम्‌।।20।। नाहं देहो जन्म-मृत्यु कुतो मे नाहं प्राणः क्षुत्पिपासे कुतो मे। नाहं चेतः शोकमोहौ कुतो मे नाहं कर्ता बंधमोक्षौ कुतो मे।। इत्युपनिषत्‌।।21।। Transliteration: brahmaivāhaṃ sarvavedāntavedyaṃ nāhaṃ vedaṃ vyomavātādirūpam‌| rūpaṃ nāhaṃ nāma nāhaṃ na karma brahmaivāhaṃ saccidānaṃdarūpam‌||20|| nāhaṃ deho janma-mṛtyu kuto me nāhaṃ prāṇaḥ kṣutpipāse kuto me| nāhaṃ cetaḥ śokamohau kuto me nāhaṃ kartā baṃdhamokṣau kuto me|| ityupaniṣat‌||21|| Translation: I am Brahman alone, the one knowable by all Vedanta; I am not the Veda not of the form of ether, wind, and the rest। I am not form I am not name, not action; I am Brahman alone of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss।।20।। I am not the body; whence to me birth and death I am not the vital breath; whence to me hunger and thirst। I am not the mind; whence to me sorrow and delusion…

Question: The first question: Osho, this verse too is from the Mundaka Upanishad: “Vedānta-vijñāna sunishcitārthāḥ sannyāsa-yogād yatayaḥ śuddha-sattvāḥ te brahmalokeṣu parānta-kāle parāmṛtāḥ parimucyanti sarve.” Meaning: “Those who, through Vedanta and science (knowledge of nature), have well ascertained the meaning, and who through sannyas and yoga have become of pure sattva—these earnest seekers devoted to Brahman, upon dying, reach Brahma-loka and are liberated.” Please be compassionate and explain this sutra. Sahajanand! The sutra is precious, but most of its commentaries so far have been worthless. Even the Hindi meaning you’ve cited is based on those mistaken commentaries. And when a wrong interpretation is repeated long enough, it starts to feel right. Repetition has a hypnosis, a magic of its own. Adolf Hitler wrote in his autobiography Mein Kampf that a lie, if repeated again and again, becomes truth.

And Buddha’s view is the same. Yes, Buddha’s is the same as well. The final conclusion of Vedanta is the same. It says precisely this: there is nothing to do—only to know. Therefore Vedanta does not accept Yoga. It says, “What are these foolish antics? All this topsy‑turvy doing—none of it matters.” Knowledge alone is enough. To know is enough. There is nothing to do.

This attempt too has been made. It is a long endeavor, continuing unbroken from the Upanishads until now.

Therefore Buddha has been very difficult to understand. Because he says there is no Atman; he says there is no God; he says there is no Brahman. Then what remains is that which remains—that which remains. And what remains? Emptiness remains—shunya—without any boundary. Emptiness remains in which there is no wave of thought. Emptiness remains in which there is no center, no ego. Emptiness remains... one should say: nothing remains. This very losing of everything is the finding of everything. This is the ultimate, the last. Beyond this? There is no way beyond—for now there is no one left who could go beyond. From the cosmic unconscious, from the Brahman-unconscious, the leap that happens is into the void, into the Supreme, into Truth, into Mahanirvana, into Moksha—whatever name we may give. In truth, all names are futile. All language is futile.

Verse (Sanskrit): अग्निर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव। एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च।।9।। वायुर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव। एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च।।10।। सूर्यो यथा सर्वलोकस्य च्रुर्न लिप्यते चाक्षुषैर्बाह्यदोषैः। एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा न लिप्यते लोकदुःखेन बाह्यः।।11।। एको वशी सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा एकं रूपं बहुधा यः करोति। तमात्मस्थं येऽनुपश्यन्ति धीरास्तेषां सुखं शाश्वतं नेतरेषाम्‌।।12।। नित्यो नित्यानां चेतनश्चेतनानामेको बहूनां यो विदधाति कामान्‌। तमात्मस्थं येऽनुपश्यन्ति धीरास्तेषां शान्तिः शाश्वती नेतरेषाम्‌।।13।। तदेतदिति मन्यन्तेऽनिर्देश्यं परमं सुखम्‌। कथं नु तद्विजानीयां किमु भाति विभाति वा।।14।। न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः। तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति।।15।। Transliteration: agniryathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva| ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo bahiśca||9|| vāyuryathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva| ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo bahiśca||10|| sūryo yathā sarvalokasya crurna lipyate cākṣuṣairbāhyadoṣaiḥ| ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā na lipyate lokaduḥkhena bāhyaḥ||11|| eko vaśī sarvabhūtāntarātmā ekaṃ rūpaṃ bahudhā yaḥ karoti| tamātmasthaṃ ye'nupaśyanti dhīrāsteṣāṃ sukhaṃ śāśvataṃ netareṣām‌||12|| nityo nityānāṃ…