Drgdrsyaviveka

The Author and the Editor invite us to Discern (viveka) between Real and non-real, between tman (Self) and non-tman (non-Self), between Infinite and finite, between Life and death.

In Svami Nikhilananda's words: This work, which contains only forty-six sloka (verses) is an excellent vade mecum (handbook) for students of advanced courses in Advaita philosophy.

Both Readers and Scholars will welcome the truly Monumental Bibliography.

SHANKARA, the Author, has been one of the greatest philosophers of India, and has profoundly influenced not only India's philosophical development, but that of the entire world.

RAPHAEL, the Editor, is an author and a Master in the Western Metaphysical Tradition as well as in Vednta.