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Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist
9th Century

About Shankara

Timeline (788 - 820)

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My soul is your temple, O Lord, (from Shiva Manasa Pooja)

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Ramana, Shankara and the Forty Verses: The Essential Teachings of Advaita, by Alan Jacobs
Saundarya Lahari of Sri Sankaracarya, by Shankara
Shankara and Indian Philosophy, by Natalia Isayeva
Shankara's Crest Jewel of Discrimination, Translated by Swami Prabhavananda / Translated by Christopher Isherwood
Upadesa Sahasri: A Thousand Teachings, by Shankara / Translated by Swami Jagadananda

My soul is your temple, O Lord,
My actions are your handmaids,
My body is your home,
My senses witness only you,
My sleep is pure meditation on you,
These walking feet are your journey,
Whatever falls from my mouth is prayer to you,
Oh Lord, everything I say and do are worship.

 

 

 

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