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...
Verse 383
विशुद्धमन्तःकरणं स्वरूप�
निवेश्� साक्षिण्यवबोधमात्र� �
शनैः शनैर्निश्चलतामुपानयन�
पूर्णं स्वमेवानुविलोकयेत्तत� � ३८� �viśuddhamantaḥkaraṇa� svarūpe
niveśya sākṣiṇyavabodhamātre |
śanai� śanairniścalatāmupānayan
pūrṇa� svamevānuvilokayettata� || 383 ||383. Fixing the purified mind in the Self, the Witness, the Knowledge Absolute, and slowly making it still, one must then realise one’s own infinite Self.