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== Teaching of Shankara ==
== Teaching of Shankara ==


Shankara, the great ninth-century Hindu saint and scholar, writes in the voice of the guru advising the disciple:  
Shankara, el gran santo y erudito hindú del siglo IX, escribió el siguiente consejo desde la voz del gurú al discípulo:  


<blockquote>It is through the touch of ignorance that you, who are the supreme self, find yourself under the bondage of the non-self, whence alone proceeds the round of births and deaths. The fire of knowledge, kindled by discrimination between the self and non-self, consumes ignorance with its effects.”<ref>Swami Nikhilananda, ''Hinduism: Its Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit'' (London: Allen & Unwin, 1958), p. 121.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>It is through the touch of ignorance that you, who are the supreme self, find yourself under the bondage of the non-self, whence alone proceeds the round of births and deaths. The fire of knowledge, kindled by discrimination between the self and non-self, consumes ignorance with its effects.”<ref>Swami Nikhilananda, ''Hinduism: Its Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit'' (London: Allen & Unwin, 1958), p. 121.</ref></blockquote>