Self-Knowledge (Atmabodha)

An important work by Shankara on Vedanta Philosophy. Some may find the reading to be difficult at times. but this translation is a classic and well-written book of Shankara's most important work

The introduction give a detailed account of Vedanta from both the theoretical and practical standpoint. Readers will find in it all the phases of man's progressive thought, beginning with Dualism, passing through the intermediary stage of Qualified Non-dualism, and ending in Absolute Non-dualism, in which one experiences the total identity of the soul and Godhead, and beyond where human thinking cannot go.

Translated from the Sanskrit with notes, comments, and extensive introduction.