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...

स्वात्मन्यारोपिताशेषाभासर्वस्तुनिरासतः ।
स्वयमेव परं ब्रह्म पूर्णमद्वयमक्रियम् ॥ ३९७ ॥

svātmanyāropitāśeṣābhāsarvastunirāsataḥ |
svayameva paraṃ brahma pūrṇamadvayamakriyam || 397 ||

397. By the elimination of all apparent existences superimposed on the soul, the supreme Brahman, Infinite, the One without a second and beyond action, remains as Itself.

 

Notes:

[Apparent existences—Such as egoism etc..

As Itself—in Its own essence.]

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