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Upadeśasāhasrī (A Thousand Teachings)

Adi Shankara

A treatise in two parts, one in prose (three chapters on how to teach a pupil) and one in verse (nineteen chapters). It is the only book by Śaṅkara that does not comment on another, and the best way to know his teaching method: the teacher leads the pupil through questions to discriminate between the conscious witness and what is observed. Sengaku Mayeda published its critical edition and the standard translation.

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Sanskrit

· 56 chapters · 2 h reading

  1. 1 · 12′
  2. 2 · 22′
  3. 3 · 31′
  4. 4 · 41′
  5. 5 · 51′
  6. 6 · 61′
  7. 7 · 71′
  8. 8 · 81′
  9. 9 · 91′
  10. 10 · 101′
  11. 11 · 111′
  12. 12 · 121′
  13. 13 · 131′
  14. 14 · 141′
  15. 15 · 151′
  16. 16 · 161′
  17. 17 · 171′
  18. 18 · 181′
  19. 19 · 191′
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  23. 23 · 231′
  24. 24 · 241′
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  26. 26 · 263′
  27. 27 · 274′
  28. 28 · 283′
  29. 29 · 293′
  30. 30 · 303′
  31. 31 · 311′
  32. 32 · 321′
  33. 33 · 332′
  34. 34 · 342′
  35. 35 · 352′
  36. 36 · 362′
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