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Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya
by Adi Sankaracharya
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What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is  real, and all, other than That,  is unreal.

Adi Sankaracharya
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The witness of the three states of consciousness [waking, dream and deep sleep] and of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss is the Self

Adi Sankaracharya
Source: Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya, Page: 29
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Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.

Adi Sankaracharya
Source: Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya, Page: 34-35
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There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is beyond time, space and objects. It is infinite and hence of the nature of absolute happiness.

Adi Sankaracharya
Source: Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya, Page: 65
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Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is never a burden to me, whilst sorrow is.

Adi Sankaracharya
Source: Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya, Page: 65
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Thus one should know oneself to be of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss[Sat-Chit-Ananda].

Adi Sankaracharya
Source: Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya, Page: 65
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But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient.

Adi Sankaracharya
Source: Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya, Page: 88
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