A GREAT PHILOSOPHER OF HUMAN KIND

The advent of Adi Shankara  1200 ago  was of tremendous significance to the religious,cultural and spiritual  history kof India.  While he could be highly polemical for the world of scholars, he could come down to the level of the common man with ease and give him encapsulated wisdom in a prayer like"Bhaja Govindam" Thus it is appropriate that everyone shojuld lhave an accurate knowledge of Adi Shankara's life as an inspiration for his/her life's work.

Shankara's capacity to invoke the divine is suggested by the Kanakadhara Stotra and the manner inl which the river Poorna is brought close to his house.  Swiftly,we we pass through the episode which leads to shankara's sanyasa.  He goes to the cave on the banks kof lthe klNarmada river and the guru asks "who are you" The unhesitating reply comes "I am not lthe earth,nor water,nor fire nor any of the tattvas.  I am not lwhich is beyond all lthis"  Govinda Pada is pleased with this crystalline exposition of Advaita and initiates him into Sanyasa.

We move with Adi Shankara on his pregrinations as he gains wisdom from lthe chandala.writes commentaries to Prasthana Traya in Badari,meets Vyasa,gathers his disciples,defeats Mandana Misra in a philosophical duel,overcomes the Kalamukhas,establishes four mutta in four parts of India and his followers gains tremendous peace, religious  courage by Shankara's devotional mind powers.  His birth place at Kaladi in Kerala State of India having a big & large memorial Stupas which having a colletion on his achievements towards religious endeavours.  For his noble service with human kind Government of Karnataka declared his birthday as Philosophers day around the part and parcel of Karnataka in India.  At an young age of 32 he withdraws from the physical when journeying in the Himalayas the great mount everest of India.

Adi Shankara's achievements,encouragements towards human kind can be available at this author's personnel website that contains some memorable articles in Kannada languages at www.kodakkalshivaprasad.wetpaint.com  by clicking Memorial Article on Jagadugur Shankaracharya in leftside of the website's  homepage.