Nirvanashatkam, recited by Swamini Pramananda (Ammaji) at Purna Vidya Ashram in Coimbatore (Oct. 2016). (http://purnavidya.org/ashrams/purna-vidya-foundation-coimbatore/) The Nirvanashatkam (निर्वाणषट्कम्, Nirvāṇaṣaṭkam), also known as Atmashatkam (आत्मषट्कम्, ātmaṣaṭkam), is a composition consisting of 6 fold śloka (and hence the name Ṣaṭ-ka to mean six-fold) written by the Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara summarizing the basic teachings of Advaita Vedanta, or the Hindu teachings of non-dualism. It was written around 788-820 AD. The speaker of the poem is nominally the god Shiva, but it is generally seen as a statement by a knowing person of identity with Shiva or Brahman. The speaker lists in the earlier verses what he (or Brahman) is not. He is not body or mind, nor the things that attach them to each other and to the world, including the intellect, the senses, the practices of life, the occurrences of life such as birth and death. In the last verse he says that he permeates the universe, and that he is consciousness, bliss and the soul, and by implication, the Atman and Brahman. It is said that when Ādi Śaṅkara was a young boy of eight and wandering near River Narmada, seeking to find his guru, he encountered the seer Govindapada who asked him, "Who are you?". The boy answered with these stanzas, which are known as "Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam" or Ātma Ṣaṭkam". Swami Govindapada accepted Ādi Śaṅkara as his disciple. The verses are said to be valued to progress in contemplation practices that lead to Self-Realization. "Nirvāṇa" is complete equanimity, peace, tranquility, freedom and joy. "Ātma" is the True Self. ========== Text (english transliteration and Devanagiri) and more versions of Nirvanashatkam : ? https://plus.google.com/+CarlosGilSobera/posts/ZZi6CNn4NYw ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcC-785Hpao