Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals
Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka
The discrimination between the seer and the seen, worked through until nothing seen is left to be you.
c. 14th century · attributed to Bhāratī Tīrtha or Śaṅkara
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- c. 14th century
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- attributed to Bhāratī Tīrtha or Śaṅkara
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- Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals
Forty-six verses that do more for the enquiry than most books.
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- Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka teaching — Swami Dayananda Saraswati The single most practical short text: whatever you can observe is not the observer.
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