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“Just as a stone, a tree, a straw, grain, a mat, a cloth, a pot, and so on, when burned, are reduced to earth (from which they came), so the body and its sense organs, on being burned in the fire of Knowledge, become Knowledge and are absorbed in Brahman, like darkness in the light of the sun.”

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Adi Shankara, an influential Indian philosopher active from 788 to 820 AD, is considered one of the most important thinkers in the history of Indian philosophy. His ideas profoundly impacted Indian philosophy, logic, and theology. more

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