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...
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ekamevÄdvayaá¹� brahma neha nÄnÄsti kiṃcana || 470 ||470. There is only Brahman, the One without a second, the Reality, the One without a second, the Reality, effulgent, self-existent, pure, intelligent, and unlike anything finite; there is no duality whatsoever in It.
Notes:
[Intelligent—strictly speaking, Intelligence Absolute.
Unlike &c.—It has got no exemplar.
The repetition is for emphasising the Absolute, Unconditioned aspect of Brahman.]