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Atmabodha - Knowledge of Self
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Hindu Pantheon
Upanishads
By Adi Shankaracharya
Bhagavad-Gita
Buddhist Philosophy
Knowledge of the Self (atmabodha) is one of the well known
Practical Buddhism
works of Sri Adi Shankaracharya, written for the benefit of
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Yoga
those who have cultivated detachment and want to seek
Scriptures freedom from ignorance and illusion. The monistic philosophy of
Vedas Shankara, according to which Brahman is the one and the only
My Horoscope reality, is well reflected in this scripture. According to Shankra
Web Directory the phenomenal world is a mere super imposition in which we
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objects. It is not through rituals but through wisdom, one learns
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to discriminate the real from the unreal and gains liberation.
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The unconditioned Self shines when ignorance is destroyed. The
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Technology New s empirical or phenomenal world, ac cording to Shankara, is like a
Today in History dream which acts as a barrier and prevents us from knowing
Technology Articles the truth about ourselves. The self is immutable. It is pure
Jain Dharma existence, where as the mind and the body are unreal and
My Search mutable. Liberation from the illusion comes when one constantly
reflects upon the truth that one is but Brahman only.
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While it lasts, it seems to be real, but,
when one awakes, it becomes unreal.
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soul,
but the Supreme Self," then he is free from
fear.
32. Birth, old age, decay, death, etc., are not for
me,
because I am other than the body. Sound and
other objects of sense have no connection with
me,
for I am other than the senses.
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ignorance, as the elixir of life cures all
diseases.
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a particle of that bliss.
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is the all-pervading, stainless, eternal bliss
which dispels (all qualities like heat and)
cold, etc.,—he becomes all-knowing,
all-pervading, and immortal.
Mahavakya,
Pragnanam
Brahma,
Brahman is
Knowledge
Advaita
Vedanta As
It Exists
The
Vedanta
Philosophy
According
to
Shankara
and
Ramanuja
Shedding
Light on
Atman, the
True Self
Advaita
Vedanta,
Concepts
and
Conclusion
The Advaita
Vedanta the
Experience
of Oneness
Brahman
according
to Advaita
and Dvaita
schools of
thought
Footnotes
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161:* The cleaning-nut, rubbed into a paste and
thrown into dirty water, clears the water and itself
settles down along with the dirt as a sediment.
177:* Birth.
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