Shankara

788-822, Indian Philosopher, Guru, Poet

Being / Essence / Soul
It is ignorance that causes us to identify ourselves with the body, the ego, the senses, or anything that is not the Atman. He is wise who overcomes this ignorance by devotion to the Atman.
Viveka-Chudamani

Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004