In Atma Bodha, Sri Sankaracharya elucidates Atma Jnana to the layman in a compendium of sixty eight stanzas without the technicalities used in the Vedas. In his unique style, the Jagadguru describes the qualities required of an Adhikari, the steps of Sadhana and reveals thereafter the nature of Maya and the superimposition of Atman – the Self.