Adi Sankaracarya's Vivekachoodamani: An Intellectual Exploration into the Infinite and the Eternal

Vedanta is truly the "Science of Life".Sankara the great interpreter of Vedanta,not only gave the world his commentaries on the Upanishads,the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Geeta,but also many primary texts which introduce the seeker into the joys of Vedanta.One of the greatest texts he has written as an intorduction to Vedanta,is the Vivekachoodamani,meaning "The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination".A careful study of these verses with the full freedom to enquire will give any student a correct understanding of the entire theory of Vedanta and the reader can,even without a very serious study of the scriptures,start the daily practices with tremendous benefit. The book's popularity is such that it has run into six reprints and with a total of 30,000 copies printed in the past twenty eight years..