{"product_id":"vivekachudamani-the-crest-jewel-of-discrimination-a-bilingual-edition-in-sanskrit-and-english-9781782011699","title":"Vivekachudamani - The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination: A bilingual edition in Sanskrit and English","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eVivekachudamani\u003c\/em\u003e (Sanskrit \u003cem\u003eVivekacūḍāmaṇi\u003c\/em\u003e) is an introductory treatise within the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism, traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara of the eighth century CE. It is in the form of a poem in the Shardula Vikridita metre, and for many centuries has been celebrated as a \u003cem\u003eprakaraṇa grantha\u003c\/em\u003e ('teaching manual') of Advaita. \u003cem\u003eVivekachudamani\u003c\/em\u003e literally means 'the crest-jewel of discrimination'. The text discusses key concepts and the \u003cem\u003eviveka\u003c\/em\u003e or discrimination or discernment between real (unchanging, eternal) and unreal (changing, temporal), Prakriti and Atman, the oneness of Atman and Brahman, and self-knowledge as the central task of the spiritual life and for Moksha. It expounds the Advaita Vedanta philosophy in the form of a self-teaching manual, with many verses in the form of a dialogue between a student and a spiritual teacher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Reverend John Henry Richards, MA, BD, was an Anglican priest born in 1934 who was ordained a deacon in Llandaff in 1977 and a priest there in 1978. He served in Maesteg, Cardiff, Penmark, and Stackpile Elidor until his retirement in 1999, and died in 2017. He is known for his English translations of the Sanskrit \u003cem\u003eAshtavakra Gita\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVivekachudamani\u003c\/em\u003e, of the Pali \u003cem\u003eDhammapada\u003c\/em\u003e, and of the medieval Latin \u003cem\u003eDe Adhaerendo Deo\u003c\/em\u003e, all of which he put in the public domain and distributed on the Internet in the late 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9727719\"\u003eAdi Shankara\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Evertype\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782011699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782011692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI033000\"\u003eHindu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL032030\"\u003eHinduism | Sacred Writings\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evertype","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44540740075757,"sku":"9781782011699","price":19.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2dc3d4a3-5cb8-43ae-a8f0-01f56c69b01d.jpg?v=1701493457","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/vivekachudamani-the-crest-jewel-of-discrimination-a-bilingual-edition-in-sanskrit-and-english-9781782011699","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}