VIVEKACHOODAMANI – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" : 6. Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya
======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) THE ELEVEN VERSES OF this section seem to have been carved out of the great anguish which the author clearly feels for humanity that is searching but not availing itself of the true and only means for liberation, viz. Knowledge of the Self. Sri Shankaracharyaji stood first and foremost for a rational approach to spirituality. There was no room in his approach for superficial display of religiosity if Knowledge were to be excluded from it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 6: The Need for Knowledge on this Path : -----------------------------------------