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...

अतस्तौ मायया कॢप्तौ बन्धमोक्षौ न चात्मनि ।
निष्कले निष्क्रिये शान्ते निरवद्ये निरञ्जने
अद्वितीये परे तत्त्वे व्योमवत्कल्पना कुतः ॥ ५७३ ॥

atastau māyayā kḷptau bandhamokṣau na cātmani |
niṣkale niṣkriye śānte niravadye nirañjane
advitīye pare tattve vyomavatkalpanā kutaḥ || 573 ||

573. Hence this bondage and Liberation are created by Māyā, and are not in the Ātman. How can there be any idea of limitation with regard to the Supreme Truth, which is without parts, without activity, calm, unimpeachable, taintless, and One without a second, as there can be none with regard to the infinite sky?

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