Selected Verses from Atma Bodha

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Atma Bodha by Adi Shankara

Verses on the Self

Translated by Swami Nikhilananda

 

The body and so on, created by avidya (ignorance) and of the nature of an

object, are perishable, like bubbles. Realize through discrimination that

you are the stainless Brahman, completely from them. - 30

 

I am verily the Supreme Brahman, which is eternal, stainless, and free;

which is One, indivisible and non-dual; and which is of the nature of Bliss,

Truth, Knowledge, and Infinity. - 36

 

Brahman appears to be a Jiva through ignorance, as the stump of a tree

appears to be a man. This Jiva- hood is destroyed when the real nature of

the Jiva is realized. - 45

 

The tangible universe is verily Atman; nothing whatsoever exists that is

other than Atman. As pots and jars are verily clay and cannot be anything

but clay, so to the enlightened, all that is perceived is the Self. - 48