Download or read book The Heart of Awareness written by Thomas Byrom and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Ashtavakra Gita" conveys with beauty and simplicity the essential teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the most influential of the Hindu philosophical systems. Composed by an anonymous master of the school of the great sage Shankara, it is a book of practical advice for seekers of wisdom as well as an ecstatic expression of the experience of enlightenment. In this simple, aphoristic version, the translator conveys the clarity and lyricism of the Sanskrit original with fluency and precision.