उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

PREFACE Upadeshasâhasrî written by Srî Sankara, the great Teacher is translated into English with explanatory footnotes which will be found useful by readers while going through the book. References to Upanishats, the Vedânta Aphorisms and the Bhagavad-Gîtâ mostly quoted by the author have been carefully traced and shown at the bottom of the pages, which, it is presumed, will throw much clear light on the Text and solve difficulties. In his eagerness to do good to people the great author, while writing the book, has spared no pains in making clear the idea of the distinction between oneself and one's body, mind, etc., which, when rightly compre- hended under the benevolent guidance of a Teacher, a man of Knowledge, will perfectly convince one that one is not other than the Unlimited Bliss untouched by hunger and thirst, grief and delusion, old age and death, the only real Existence, the Goal of all human beings to be realized in life. Râmatîrtha's glossary on Sankara's Upadesha- sâhasrî has been followed in translating the book and appending footnotes. Certain words not to be found in the text but neces- sary for making the meaning clear have very often been