A major philosophical poem traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara, systematically presenting the discipline of discrimination between the real and unreal at the heart of Advaita practice.
Vivekachudamani, often rendered "the crest jewel of discrimination," is a major philosophical poem traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara, and it gives this archive's already-established treatment of Advaita a concrete primary text to point readers toward, rather than leaving that philosophical position discussed only at the level of concept and commentary.
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A terse systematization of Upanishadic teaching that became the shared foundational text every major school of Vedanta was required to interpret and defend.
The technical name for non-dualism within Vedanta, asserting that self and ultimate reality are, at the deepest level, not two.
A term for the innermost self explored in the Upanishads — its nature, and its relation to ultimate reality, are debated across traditions.
A term for ultimate reality developed in the Upanishads and central to later Vedanta — understood very differently across schools.
A term for appearance, illusion, or the world's deceptive surface — central to Vedanta and interpreted very differently across schools.
An influential philosopher associated with a non-dualist reading of Vedanta and with extensive commentarial work — with much of his biography known through later tradition.
A family of interpretive schools centered on the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita.