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The ''Vivekachudamani'' (Sanskrit: विवेकचूडामणि) is a famous Sanskrit poem ascribed to Adi Shankara in the eighth century. It expounds the Advaita Vedanta philosophy and is in the form of 580 verses in the Shardula Vikridita metre. The ''Vivekachudamani'' describes developing Viveka, the human faculty of discrimination or discernment between real (unchanging, eternal) and unreal (changing, temporal), as the central task in the spiritual life, and calls it the crown jewel among the essentials for Moksha. The title ''Vivekachudamani'' translates to ''Crest Jewel of Discrimination''. Through the centuries, the ''Vivekachudamani'' has been translated into several languages and has been the topic of many commentaries and expositions. ==Authorship== The authorship and origin of ''Vivekachudamani'' has witnessed a discussion.〔 The broad consensus, according to John Grimes,〔 and peer reviewed publications〔see: * D. Datta (1888), Moksha, or the Vedántic Release, ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland'', New Series, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct., 1888), pp. 513-539 * Klaus Klostermaier (1985), Mokṣa and Critical Theory, ''Philosophy East and West'', Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan., 1985), pp. 61-71 * Dhiman, S. (2011), Self-Discovery and the Power of Self-Knowledge, ''Business Renaissance Quarterly'', 6(4)〕 is to credit the text to Adi Sankara. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vivekachudamani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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