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...

गुरुरेव सदानन्दसिन्धौ निर्मग्नमानसः ।
पावयन्वसुधां सर्वाण्विचचार निरन्तरः ॥ ५७७ ॥

gurureva sadānandasindhau nirmagnamānasaḥ |
pāvayanvasudhāṃ sarvāṇvicacāra nirantaraḥ || 577 ||

577. And the Guru, with his mind steeped in the ocean of Existence and Bliss Absolute, roamed, verily purifying the whole world – all differentiating ideas banished from his mind.

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