Atma Bodha–Self-Knowledge: Shankara's Teachings for Enlightenment

Atma Bodha is a Sanskrit text of 67 verses in which Shankara reveals your true nature (atma) to be sat-chit-ananda, the eternal, limitless consciousness, non-separate from the supreme reality, brahman. The discovery of this truth (bodha) results in enlightenment, moksha.

Because of the profound nature of this text, it might be helpful to pause the video at the end of each verse and re-read the verse for the sake of deeper comprehension.

A note about writing on palm leaves: After palm leaves are inscribed with a stylus, the the etched letters are not clearly visible until ink is applied, as seen in the final scene.

Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: https://www.arshabodha.org/