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...

अखण्डबोधात्मनि निर्विकल्पे
विकल्पनं व्योम्नि पुरप्रकल्पनम् ।
तदद्वयानन्दमयात्मना सदा
शान्तिं परामेत्य भजस्व मौनम् ॥ ५२५ ॥

akhaṇḍabodhātmani nirvikalpe
vikalpanaṃ vyomni puraprakalpanam |
tadadvayānandamayātmanā sadā
śāntiṃ parāmetya bhajasva maunam || 525 ||

525. Dualistic conceptions in the Ātman, the Infinite Knowledge, the Absolute, are like imagining castles in the air. Therefore, always identifying thyself with the Bliss Absolute, the One without a second, and thereby attaining Supreme Peace, remain quiet.

 

Notes:

[Quiet—as the Witness. How he is to live, is explained in the next verse.]

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