Shankara describes the world and the individual soul are in true essence Brahman, the Absolute Reality, with the nature of Sat-chit-anand, or truth-consciousness-bliss. Knowledge alone destroys ignorance, as light destroys dense darkness.' 'Religious works cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with ignorance. Atma Bodha By Sundara ChaitanyaĪtmabodha text reiterates that the Path of Knowledge consists in shravana (hearing the instructions of a teacher), manana (reflecting on what is heard) and nididhyasana (meditating on Truth with single-minded devotion) viveka (philosophical discrimination) and vairagya (renunciation of all that which is unreal) are the basic disciplines required to be followed and that it is not possible for religious actions ( Karma, fasting, vows, pilgrimage) to destroy ignorance ( avidya) and cause liberation ( moksha) – So Freedom cannot be attained without wisdom. As in Vivekachudamani, Shankara teaches that the Ultimate Reality or Brahman, the foundation of all, is beyond name and form, is of the nature of Pure Consciousness, but who can be realized by pursuing the Path of Knowledge, not by worship.įor the Wisdom of Self is the one way to Freedom,Īs cooking cannot be accomplished without fire, The original text consists of sixty-eight verses and describes the way to the attainment of the knowledge of the Atman. Even though the authenticity of this work is doubted by present day scholars, it does not contradict the Advaita system which it advocates. The authorship of Ātma-bōdha, written in Sanskrit language, is traditionally ascribed to Adi Shankara who is believed to have lived in the 8th century A.D.

EtymologyĪtmabodha means 'Self-knowledge', self-awareness, or one with the 'possession of a knowledge of soul or the supreme spirit'. Ītmabodha is also the title of an Upanishad attached to the Atharvaveda. However, recent scholarship doubts that the text was written by Shankara. The Vedanta tradition states that the text was written by Shankara for his disciple, Sanandana, also known as Padmapāda. The text in sixty-eight verses describes the path to Self-knowledge or the awareness of Atman.

Ātma-bōdha (Sanskrit: आत्मबोधः ) is a short Sanskrit text attributed to Adi Shankara of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.

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