Vivekachudamani
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Vivekachudamani is a classic Advaita Vedanta treatise, traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, that systematically expounds the path of discrimination between the real and the unreal leading to self-realization.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Advaita Vedanta text
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Hindu philosophical treatise ⓘ Sanskrit text ⓘ spiritual manual ⓘ |
| addresses | ignorance (avidya) as cause of bondage ⓘ |
| aimsAt | guiding seekers to Self-realization ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophy | Advaita Vedanta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatesIn |
India
NERFINISHED
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global Hindu and Vedanta communities ⓘ |
| commentariesExistIn |
English
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Sanskrit ⓘ various Indian languages ⓘ |
| describes |
fourfold qualifications (sadhana chatushtaya)
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means to liberation (moksha) ⓘ nature of bondage ⓘ role of the guru ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
direct knowledge over ritual
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hearing, reflection, and meditation (sravana, manana, nididhyasana) ⓘ renunciation of ego and attachment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
atma-jnana (Self-knowledge)
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sadhana (spiritual practice) ⓘ vairagya (dispassion) ⓘ viveka (discrimination) ⓘ |
| genre | prakaranagrantha (introductory treatise) ⓘ |
| holds |
Brahman alone is real
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individual self is not different from Brahman ⓘ world is ultimately mithya (empirically real but ultimately unreal) ⓘ |
| influenced | later Advaita Vedanta teachers ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
discrimination between the real and the unreal
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non-dual Brahman ⓘ self-realization ⓘ |
| proposesSolution | Self-knowledge as means to end ignorance ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| reveredAs | important manual for Advaita Vedanta practice ⓘ |
| structure | didactic poem ⓘ |
| studiedIn | traditional Vedanta monasteries ⓘ |
| style | dialogue between teacher and disciple ⓘ |
| teaches |
distinction between Atman and Anatman
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method of negation (neti neti) ⓘ nature of Brahman ⓘ qualifications of a spiritual seeker ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Crest-Jewel of Discrimination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Adi Shankaracharya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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