Vivekachudamani (Tamil) by Anna Subramaniyan

A most valuable and lucid compendium of Advaita philosophy describing the transcendental knowledge of Brahman, and the way to achieve it through discrimination and meditation. Vivekachudamani means ?Crest-jewel of discrimination?. In this book, Adi Shankara describes developing Viveka - the faculty of discrimination as the primary task in spiritual life. It has the form of dialogue between the master and the disciple where the master explains to the disciple the step by step path towards God realization