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...

त्वमहमिदमितीयं कल्पना बुद्धिदोषात्
प्रभवति परमात्मन्यद्वये निर्विशेषे ।
प्रविलसति समाधावस्य सर्वो विकल्पो
विलयनमुपगच्छेद्वस्तुतत्त्वावधृत्या ॥ ३५४ ॥

tvamahamidamitīyaṃ kalpanā buddhidoṣāt
prabhavati paramātmanyadvaye nirviśeṣe |
pravilasati samādhāvasya sarvo vikalpo
vilayanamupagacchedvastutattvāvadhṛtyā || 354 ||

354. Such imaginations as "thou", "I" or "this" take place through the defects of the Buddhi. But when the Paramātman, the Absolute, the One without a second, manifests Itself in Samadhi, all such imaginations are dissolved for the aspirant, through the realisation of the truth of Brahman.

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