Adi Sankara - Aatmaanaatma Vivekam

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Adi Sankara was an avatar of Lord Siva. In his short life of 32

years he achieved what ordinary men could not even in hundred

years. Even before he was 12 years old, he had mastered all the

sastras. He then apprached a guru, Govind Bhagavatpada, since only

by abiding by the teachings of a guru one could attain kaivalyam or

liberation.

 

On the command of his guru, Sankara wrote commentaries on the

Upanishads,the Bhagavadgita and the Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana

catered to the needs of intelligentsia. But, for a system to take

roots in the whole land, it should reach the grassroots or the

common people. With this in mind Sankaracharya wrote many minor

works, called the prakaranas. Each prakarana takes up one issue in

the sastras,analyses it thrreadbare and gives the final view in

accordance with sastras.

 

Among Sankara's prakaranas, some like Viveka Chudamani,Upadesa

Sahasri and Atmanatma Vivekam are well-known. Through Atmanatma

Vivekam, Adi Sankara teaches knowledge of Brahman, as propounded in

the Upanishads. In this prakarana text, in addition to Atma and

Anatma, ragas, abhimanam, ahamkaaram,avivekam,agnanam,gnanam,sadhana

chatustayam ,

samadamadishatkam,shadvidhalingalu,indriyalu,panchikaranam and other

important issues are explained in a way a common man can understand.

 

I request you to listen Atmanatma Vivekam .

 

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