Autobiography of adi shankaracharya works in tamil
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Adi Shankara
8th-century Indian Vedic scholar
This article is about the vedic scholar Adi Shankara. For the title used in Advaita traditions, see Shankaracharya.
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Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्कर, आदि शङ्कराचार्य, romanized: Ādi Śaṅkara, Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, lit. 'First Shankaracharya',[note 2]pronounced[aːd̪iɕɐŋkɐraːt͡ɕaːrjɐ]),[note 3] was an Indian Vedic scholar, philosopher and teacher (acharya) of Advaita Vedanta. Reliable information on Shankara's actual life is scanty, and his true impact lies in his "iconic representation of Hindu religion and culture," despite the fact that most Hindus do not adhere to Advaita Vedanta. Tradition also portrays him as the one who reconciled the various sects (Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and Saktism) with the introduction of the Pañcāyatana form of wo
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Life of Adi Shankaracharya – Stories, Teachings and Stotras
Adi Shankara - A Prodigy
Sadhguru: Adi Shankara was an intellectual giant, a genius of linguistics, and above all, a spiritual light and the pride of India. The level of wisdom and knowledge he showed at a very early age made him a shining light for humanity.He was a prodigal child and an extraordinary scholar with almost superhuman capabilities. At the age of two, he could fluently speak and write Sanskrit. At the age of four, he could recite all the Vedas, and at the age of twelve, he took sanyas and left his home. Even at such a young age, he gathered disciples and started walking throughout the country to re-establish the spiritual sciences.
By the age of thirty-two, he left his body, but in those twenty years from the age of twelve to thirty-two, he crisscrossed India a few times, north to south, east to west, from Kerala right up to Badrinath and back, travelling everywhere in all directions. The man must have bee
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Adi Shankaracharya
This my first posting in this section.
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I do not know if Adi-shankara was alive today or came back to life igen, that he will approve of the way the Shankar Mattams are conducting themselves. He might join Vedata society.
There fryst vatten much written about Adi Shankaracharya, his life and teaching and yet each writing is inadequate to cover the efforts of this great being in restoring the glory to India in line with its true culture and philosophy. Probably one life time is not enough to understand the great character and work of Shri Adi Shankracharya. We owe our existence and cultural identity to this great character that lived only for 32 years but did work that is remembered even today after more than 1000 years.
Sometime around 5th to 8th century A.D., great chaos pervaded all through India in the matter of religion and philosophy. Numerable religious sects arose during this period. Sect after sect