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FOREWORD
Scarcely any introduction is needed for a book that
professes to be, as its title-"Crest-jewel of Discrimination"
-shows, a masterpiece on Advaita Vedanta, the cardinal
tenet of which is : ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः
-"Brahman alone is real, the universe is unreal, and
the individual soul is no other than the Universal Soul."
Being an original production of Sankara's genius, the
book combines with a searching analysis of our experi-
ence an authoritativeness and a depth of sincerity that
at once carry conviction into the heart of its readers.
The whole book is instinct with the prophetic vision of
a Scer, a man of Realization, and the expression is so
lucid and poetical that quite a new life has been breathed
into the dry bones of philosophical discussion, and that,
too, on the most abstruse subject ever known.
In preparing this edition, which is a reprint in book-
form from the Prabuddha Bharata, the translator grate-
fully acknowledges his indebtedness to the admirable
Sanskrit commentary of Swami Keshavacharya of the
Munimandal, Kankhal, which along with the Hindi trans-
lation would be highly useful to those who want a fuller
knowledge of this book.
For facility of reference an Index has been added, and
the book, it is hoped, will in its present form be a vade-
mecum to all students of Advaita Philosophy.
Mayavati, 1921.
M.
Scarcely any introduction is needed for a book that
professes to be, as its title-"Crest-jewel of Discrimination"
-shows, a masterpiece on Advaita Vedanta, the cardinal
tenet of which is : ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः
-"Brahman alone is real, the universe is unreal, and
the individual soul is no other than the Universal Soul."
Being an original production of Sankara's genius, the
book combines with a searching analysis of our experi-
ence an authoritativeness and a depth of sincerity that
at once carry conviction into the heart of its readers.
The whole book is instinct with the prophetic vision of
a Scer, a man of Realization, and the expression is so
lucid and poetical that quite a new life has been breathed
into the dry bones of philosophical discussion, and that,
too, on the most abstruse subject ever known.
In preparing this edition, which is a reprint in book-
form from the Prabuddha Bharata, the translator grate-
fully acknowledges his indebtedness to the admirable
Sanskrit commentary of Swami Keshavacharya of the
Munimandal, Kankhal, which along with the Hindi trans-
lation would be highly useful to those who want a fuller
knowledge of this book.
For facility of reference an Index has been added, and
the book, it is hoped, will in its present form be a vade-
mecum to all students of Advaita Philosophy.
Mayavati, 1921.
M.