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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...

विवेकिनो विरक्तस्� शमादिगुणशालिनः �
मुमुक्षोरे� हि ब्रह्मजिज्ञासायोग्यत� मत� � १७ �

vivekino viraktasya śamādiguṇaśālina� |
mumukṣoreva hi brahmajijñāsāyogyatā matā || 17 ||

17. The man who discriminates between the Real and the unreal, whose mind is turned away from the unreal, who possesses calmness and the allied virtues, and who is longing for Liberation, is alone considered qualified to inquire after Brahman.

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