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Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)

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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi

Śṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400

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Ideas they shaped most

The Witness (Sākṣin)

discussed · passages

The silent awareness that lights up every experience yet acts in none and is touched by none.

Liberation While Living (Jīvanmukti)

discussed · passages

Free here and now — the body lives on, but the bondage is already gone.

Dream (Svapna)

discussed · passages

The dream: a whole private world spun from the mind's own stored impressions.

Discernment (Viveka)

applied · passages

The trained eye that tells the lasting real from the passing unreal.

The Three Strands (Guṇas: Sattva, Rajas, Tamas)

discussed · passages

Clarity, drive, and inertia — three strands woven through everything that changes.

Brahman (the Absolute)

discussed · passages

The one boundless reality on which all worlds depend — but is it a person, or beyond all persons?

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“עולם חסד יבנה”

A world of kindness shall be built · Psalms 89:3

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