Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals

Upadeśa Sāhasrī

The only non-commentarial work certainly by Śaṅkara: a teaching manual, including how to actually conduct a dialogue with a student.

c. 8th century · Ādi Śaṅkara

When: c. 8th century
Behind it: Ādi Śaṅkara
Where it sits: Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals

Method rather than doctrine — the closest thing we have to watching him teach.

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A Thousand Teachings, translated with notes — Ādi Śaṅkara The only prose-and-verse manual Śaṅkara certainly wrote himself: how to teach, not only what.

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