Like bubbles in the water, the worlds rise, exist and disso… - Ādi Shankara

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Like bubbles in the water, the worlds rise, exist and dissolve in the Supreme Self, which is the material cause and the prop of everything.

Ādi Shankara

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About Ādi Shankara

Adi Shankara (pronounced [aːd̪i ɕəŋkəɾə]), who lived early 8th century CE, is one of the most revered Hindu philosophers and theologians from India who consolidated the doctrine of .

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Native Name: आदि शङ्कर

Alternative Names: Adi Sankarachaarya • Sankaracarya • Aryamba antharjanam • Sankara bhagavatpāda • Śankara • Shankara • Śaṅkarācārya • Sankara • Dashanami Sampradaya

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Ramana Maharshi Nisargadatta Maharaj Aurobindo Ghosh Swami Vivekananda Ramakrishna

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When the force of desire for the Truth blossoms, selfish desires wither away, just like darkness vanishes before the radiance of the light of dawn.

Deities like Brahma and others taste only a particle, of the unlimited Bliss of Brahman and enjoy in proportion their share of that particle.

Just as the fire is the direct cause for cooking, so without Knowledge no emancipation can be had. Compared with all other forms of discipline Knowledge of the Self is the one direct means for liberation.

Like bubbles in the water, the worlds rise, exist and dissolve in the Supreme Self, which is the material cause and the prop of everything. - Ādi Shankara

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