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    Self Discovery
    Self Discovery
    Self Discovery
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    Self Discovery

    By Śrī Śaṅkara Ācārya

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    Self Discovery is a translation into English of the first part of Svatmanirupanam, a work attributed tb the great spiritual teacher Sankara. The text teaches how veils may be removed to discover one’s own true Self as unlimited bliss.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShepheard Walwyn Publishers
    Release dateNov 1, 2020
    ISBN9781838058302
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      Self Discovery - Śrī Śaṅkara Ācārya

      SELF DISCOVERY

      Svātmanirūpaṇam (Part 1)

      Śrī Śaṅkara Ācārya

      Translated by

      WARWICK & ELENA JESSUP

      © Warwick and Elena Jessup 2020

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher, The School of Philosophy and Economic Science.

      This translation first published in 2020 by

      The School of Philosophy and Economic Science

      11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ

      www.schooleconomicscience.org

      ISBN: 978-0-9955172-9-5

      Printed on FSC accredited paper

      The Sanskritpada™, SComp™ and Flags2™ Sanskrit fonts used in this book are designed and distributed by David Hockley, Oxford (tel. 01844 339944);

      © 2003 David Hockley.

      Cover painting © Brian Wright

      Cover design by ML Design

      Typeset by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Norfolk NR21 8NL

      Printed and bound in the United Kingdom

      by Short Run Press, Exeter

      DEDICATED TO

      HIS HOLINESS SHRI SHANTANANDA SARASWATI MAHARAJ JI

      The cover painting by Brian Wright illustrates verse 7:

      'One who has removed the five veils does not experience difficulties. Therefore, the wise always detach from the five veils.'

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Note on Page Design

      SELF DISCOVERY

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      We would like to acknowledge all who helped so generously with the production of this translation. Thanks are especially due to Mrs Annick Hardaker for typing the text and proof reading it, to Dr Stephen Thompson for resolving some questions, to Mrs Helen Harper, Miss Sejal Gir and Messrs Paul Douglas, Howard Schott, Richard Garry and Jeremy Sinclair for their comments, and finally to Mr Donald Lambie for guiding the whole project. Any errors which do appear are the sole responsibility of the translators.

      The translations of Sri Swami Jnanananda Bharati and Dr H Ramamoorthy and Nome were also consulted.

      INTRODUCTION

      Here follows a translation into English of the first of three sections of Svātmanirūpaṇam, one of the longer treatises or ‘prakaraṇagrantha’ attributed to the philosopher Śrī Śaṅkara Ācārya, comprising one hundred and fiſty-four verses. This section deals with six topics, culminating in the realisation ‘Only non-duality is real’:

      1.Knowing ‘I am’ (verses 1 to 6)

      2.The five veils (verses 7 to 15)

      3.Self cannot be experienced as an object (verses 16 to 20)

      4.Reflection (verses 21 to 24)

      5.Investigation of ‘You are That’ (verses 25 to 38)

      6.The Veda and the Teacher (verses 39 to 51)

      The title of the work, ‘Svātmanirūpaṇam’, can be interpreted in several ways. For this first section of the text, ‘Self Discovery’ has been chosen as a translation in view of the two

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