Drg Drshya Viveka, Vakya Vritti & Nirvana Shatakam | Adi Shankaracharya Audiobook

Three short Advaita Vedanta texts traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, narrated in full: Drig Drishya Viveka, Vakya Vritti and Nirvana Shatakam (Atma Shatkam). Together they make one complete course in self-inquiry, from sorting experience into what is seen and what sees, to the great saying "That thou art" (Tat Tvam Asi). WHAT'S IN THIS VIDEO Drg Drsya Viveka (46 verses), "Discrimination between Seer and Seen" The method. The eye, the mind and the movements of thought are each shown to be objects of something closer, until only the Witness is left. It closes with three levels of the individual self and the image of water, wave and foam. Vakya Vritti (53 verses) A seeker comes to a teacher asking for the shortest way out of suffering. What follows is a close reading of "That thou art": what "thou" means, what "That" means, and how a single sentence can point to what no word can state directly. Nirvana Shatakam (6 verses) A poem of denials: not the mind, not the body, not merit or fault, not even liberation. Each verse returns to the same refrain, "My form is awareness and bliss. I am Shiva." In the Advaita reading, Shiva here names one's own Self. The three texts are arranged in the order they build on each other: method, dialogue, declaration. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 2:27 Drg Drsya Viveka: the seer and the seen 20:11 Vakya Vritti: the question, and what you are not 39:47 Nirvana Shatakam ABOUT THE TRANSLATION New English translation from the Sanskrit, prepared for this video and kept plain for listening. Short on-screen notes mark a few of the denser verses. Also spelled: Drg Drsya Viveka, Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka · Vakyavritti, Vākyavṛtti · Nirvanashatakam, Atmashatkam More texts in this series:    • Advaita Vedanta   #AdvaitaVedanta #Shankaracharya #SelfInquiry