The English translation of this work of Shankara, will be of help to beginners in understanding the fundamental teachings of Advaita. References to quotations and explanations are given in the notes.
Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies; but the Self we see as Vivekananda is never born and never dies. It is the eternal and unchangeable Reality.
-Swami Vivekananda