Knowledge Of Self : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 160 KNOWLEDGE OF SELF. This treatise called "Knowledge of Self" is written for the sake of those whose sins have been destroyed by austerities and who, with a tranquil mind and free from attachment, long for liberati...
Direct Realisation : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 39 DIRECT REALISATION. I bow to that r Hari (Vishu), the infinite bliss, the Teacher, the Supreme Lord, all-pervading, the prime-cause of all the worlds. (1) Direct realisation is herein expounded as a means to liberati...
Definition Of One's Own Self : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 199 DEFINITION OF ONE'S OWN SELF. I salute the two feet of the holy Master, which destroy (this) unendurable duality, and whose dust, like the sacred ashes, quell the demon of illusion. (1). I salute the merciful and most...
The Century Of Verses : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 85 THE CENTURY OF VERSES. There is no known comparison in all the three worlds for the venerable teacher that bestows knowledge. If the philosopher's stone be assumed as such, it only turns iron into gold, but, al...
Preface : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. i PREFACE. The main object of this publication is to present, in simple English, some of the works of Sri Sankarchrya in which he tried to expound, in a popular style, the philosophy of the non-dualistic Vednta of which he...
Untitled : * Shankara, an Indian philosopher, probably lived in the 8th century CE. He taught the unity of the soul and God, the 'Advaita' (non-dualistic) branch of Vedanta Hinduism. This is a short sampler of some of his important texts, originally published as a Sanskrit primer with each verse also given...
Commentary On The Text : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 183 COMMENTARY ON THE TEXT. I salute the Lord of Lakshm, the cause of creation, preservation and dissolution, the Lord of the universe possessing inconceivable power, omniscient, infinite in form, free of all bondage...
Hymn To Hari : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 1 SELECT WORKS OF SRI SANKARACHARYA HYMN TO HARI. I praise, with devotion, the All-pervading (Vishu), Who, Himself without origin, is the origin of the universe, in Whom this wheel of "samsra" * revolves in this wise...
Title Page : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], SELECT WORKS OF SRI SANKARACHARYA SAMSKRIT TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION TRANSLATED BY S. VENKATARAMANAN Madras: G. A. Natesan [1921] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare, December 2008. This text is in the public...
Hymn To Dakshinamurti : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 32 HYMN TO DAKSHINAMURTI. Who, by virtue of the illusion residing in the self, sees, as in a dream, the universe as existing outside Himself although (more truly) it exists within Himself like the reflection of a city...
The Ten Versed Hymn : * "Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya", tr. by S. Venkataramanan, [1921], p. 26 THE TEN-VERSED HYMN. I am neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor air, nor ether, nor sensory organ, nor the conglomeration of all these; for, all these are transient. I am He that alone remains in deep sleep...
