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Rajatavibhrama, Rajata-vibhrama: 1 definition

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Vedanta (school of philosophy)

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: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

Rajatavibhrama (रजतविभ्र�) refers to “false silver� (which ignorant persons do not realize), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Knowing yourself as truly one and indestructible, how could a wise man possessing self-knowledge like you feel any pleasure in acquiring wealth? Truly, when one does not know oneself, one takes pleasure in the objects of mistaken perception, just as greed arises for the mistaken silver (rajatavibhrama) in one who does not know mother of pearl for what it is [śukterajñānato lobho yathā rajatavibhrame]. All this wells up like waves in the sea. Recognizing, ‘I am That�, why run around like someone in need? [...]�

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Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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