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...

आनन्दमायाकोशस्य सुषुप्तौ स्फूर्तिरुत्कटा ।
स्वप्नजागरयोरीषदिष्टसंदर्शनाविना ॥ २0८ ॥

ānandaMāyākośasya suṣuptau sphūrtirutkaṭā |
svapnajāgarayorīṣadiṣṭasaṃdarśanāvinā || 208 ||

208. The blissful sheath has its fullest play during profound sleep, while in the dreaming and wakeful states it has only a partial manifestation, occasioned by the sight of agreeable objects and so forth.

 

Notes:

[Sight... so forth—actual sense perception (in the waking state), or memory-impressions (in dream).]

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