Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict … - Ādi Shankara

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Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with or opposed to ignorance. Knowledge does verily destroy ignorance as light destroys deep darkness.

Ādi Shankara

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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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All the manifested world of things and beings are projected by imagination upon the substratum which is the Eternal All-pervading Vishnu, whose nature is Existence-Intelligence; just as the different ornaments are all made out of the same gold.

Brahma satyam jagat mithyam, jivo brahmaiva naparah

The Soul appears to be finite because of ignorance. When ignorance is destroyed the Self which does not admit of any multiplicity truly reveals itself by itself: like the Sun when the clouds pass away.

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