This text briefly with the basic tenets of advaita vedānta including the four fundamental qualifications necessary for the study of the scriptures. This follows, in some respects, the ātmānātmaviveka attributed to śaṃkara

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ātmanaḥ kin nimittaṃ duḥkham। śarīraparigrahanimittam। śarīraparigrahaḥ kena vā bhavatiti cet। karmaṇā। karma kena vā bhavati। rāgadibhyaḥ। rāgādi kena। abhimānāt। abhimāno'pi kena। avivekāt।

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ātmānātmavivekavicārāt bhavati। sādhanacatuṣṭayasampatye[pattau?] sati[satyāṃ] gṛhasthānām ātmānātmavivekavicāre sati pratyavāyo nāsti। nānyasya dine dineṣu vedāntaśravaṇe bhakti[r] na saṃyuktāt guruśuśrūṣayā labdhaṃ kṛcchrāśītiphalaṃ bhavet। sādhanacatuṣṭayaṃ samāptam। śrīgurubhyo namaḥ।

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Complete

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463.6

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manuscripts_005356

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Sādhanacatuṣṭaya, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/383585