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Vivekachudamani

by Shankara | 1921 | 49,785 words | ISBN-13: 9788175051065

The Vivekachudamani is a collection of poetical couplets authored by Shankara around the eighth century. The philosophical school this compilation attempts to expose is called ‘Advaita Vedanta�, or non-dualism, one of the classical orthodox philosophies of Hinduism. The book teaches Viveka: discrimination between the real and the unreal. Shankara d...

योऽयमात्मा स्वयंज्योतिः पञ्चकोशविलक्षण� �
अवस्थात्रयसाक्षी सन्निर्विकार� निरञ्जनः
सदानन्दः � विज्ञेयः स्वात्मत्वेन विपश्चित� � २१� �

yo'yamātmā svayaṃjyoti� pañcakośavilakṣaṇa� |
avasthātrayasākṣ� sannirvikāro nirañjana�
sadānanda� sa vijñeya� svātmatvena vipaścitā || 211 ||

211. This self-effulgent Ātman which is distinct from the five sheaths, the Witness of the three states, the Real, the Changeless, the Untainted, the everlasting Bliss � is to be realised by the wise man as his own Self.

 

Notes:

[Untainted—by Nescience; hence Absolute.]

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