I had a few questions for the more knowledgeable folks here:

 

1. Am i correct in believing that the Advaita Vedanta has much in common with the two idealistic schools of Mahayana Budhism (soonyavada and vijnaanvada) so much so that there is very little difference between the Advaita and the two idealistic schools of Budhism?

 

2. Kumarila Bhatta's "Sloka Vartika" contains an attack on Indian idealism (he attacks the "dreaming argument", the so called mystic trance of the yogis, the theory of "two truths", etc.) Am i correct in assuming that he attacks here both Mahayana Budhism as well as Advaita Vedanta?

 

3. Am i correct in assuming that the Advaita Vedantists surreptiously borrowed ideas from the Mahayana Budhists(in particular the idea of making a distinction between truth at the provisional practical level of life ("samvriti satya" or "vyahvarika satya") , and the higher metaphysical ultimate truth ("parmarthik satya"))

 

Many thanks in advance,

Satya