Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Hi Greg :-) Well my real teacher is the inner silence. Guru. The Master whose tradition I was initiated into 24 years ago is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi's Master who gave Him the task of spreading the teachings worldwide (such a small task really :-) was Guru Dev, who was Shankarcharya of one of India's maths. (I hear there are four maths where great Masters sit & teach.) I am sorry I do not have his original name. The teacher who learnt from Maharishi who has taught me much from his high level of awareness is American and his name is ... well he wants to remain quiet. But even Deepak Chopra gets advice from him. His first name is Thom. And I am very lucky that he was my Initiator into this lineage, for he is far ahead of the other teachers here. But we must all learn to stand on our own two feet. And be Self sufficient. Dependency was never encouraged as I am sure you will appreciate. But I think it's vital to have someone who can counsel you when the technique starts to shatter boundaries :-) (or expand ego structure). The wave gets wider & deeper to encompass totality ~ Veda ~ As I see it. Bye for now, Colette Greg Goode wrote: > Greg Goode <goode > > Hey Colette, > > Great line about management. Who's your teacher? > > --Greg > > At 08:43 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: > >Colette <colette > > > >I will also share that as a meditator I was warned not to go too far. > >That I was abolute AND manifest. > >That if you go too far you can drop your body :-) > > > >My teacher describes it as ~ before realisation enlightenment is carefully > managed . > >After realisation ~ ignorance is carefully managed (just a hint ~ enough > to maintain a body). > >This is funny :-) > > > >That all great Masters who were ever here teaching, had to maintain enough > duality to maintain form for others to locate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Thanks, Colette. Sounds like you have admirable resources available to you, and Grace has done its work. As far as which Math Guru Dev was from, I'm sure someone on this list knows. I know that two of the four Maths are Kanchi and Sringeri. Then I heard there are like 10 subsidiary ones. You're in Ausralia? The other teachers I've heard of there are Sailor Bob (from Nisargadatta), Isaac Shapiro (from Papaji), and Vartman (newly from Gangaji, who is from Papaji). Thanks again! --Greg At 09:14 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: >Well my real teacher is the inner silence. Guru. > >The Master whose tradition I was initiated into 24 years ago is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi's Master who gave Him the task of spreading the teachings worldwide (such a small task really :-) was Guru Dev, who was Shankarcharya of one of India's >maths. (I hear there are four maths where great Masters sit & teach.) I am sorry I do not have his original name. > >The teacher who learnt from Maharishi who has taught me much from his high level of awareness is American and his name is ... well he wants to remain quiet. But even Deepak Chopra gets advice from him. His first name is Thom. And I am very lucky that >he was my Initiator into this lineage, for he is far ahead of the other teachers here. > >But we must all learn to stand on our own two feet. And be Self sufficient. Dependency was never encouraged as I am sure you will appreciate. But I think it's vital to have someone who can counsel you when the technique starts to shatter boundaries >:-) (or expand ego structure). The wave gets wider & deeper to encompass totality ~ Veda ~ As I see it. > >Bye for now, > >Colette > >Greg Goode wrote: > >> Greg Goode <goode >> >> Hey Colette, >> >> Great line about management. Who's your teacher? >> >> --Greg >> >> At 08:43 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: >> >Colette <colette >> > >> >I will also share that as a meditator I was warned not to go too far. >> >That I was abolute AND manifest. >> >That if you go too far you can drop your body :-) >> > >> >My teacher describes it as ~ before realisation enlightenment is carefully >> managed . >> >After realisation ~ ignorance is carefully managed (just a hint ~ enough >> to maintain a body). >> >This is funny :-) >> > >> >That all great Masters who were ever here teaching, had to maintain enough >> duality to maintain form for others to locate them. > >>Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email Address: advaitins > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Hi Greg :-) Greg Goode wrote: > Greg Goode <goode > > Thanks, Colette. Sounds like you have admirable resources available to > you, and Grace has done its work. I was lucky. My mum joined this lineage before me. We kids followed. She is dead now. She was a noble informed spirit. > As far as which Math Guru Dev was from, > I'm sure someone on this list knows. I know that two of the four Maths are > Kanchi and Sringeri. Then I heard there are like 10 subsidiary ones. Thanks Greg. > You're in Ausralia? The other teachers I've heard of there are Sailor Bob > (from Nisargadatta), Isaac Shapiro (from Papaji), and Vartman (newly from > Gangaji, who is from Papaji). Isaac Shapiro is here? I've heard good things about him. I have spoken to Vartman. But ya know I think I am being taught not to seek now :-) My negating ego can play ignorant though, & I like high level discussion. You can't find that many places, so I appreciate this list very much. I guess I'll just play it out & enjoy it all. My teacher is moving back to the states now. > Thanks again! > > --Greg :-) Always nice to connect Greg, Love, Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Hi Colette, What a mom of yours! My family, as far back as my grandparents on both sides, we were all atheists, no religious or spiritual or political or doctrinal teachings at all. More like a 50's sitcom. Colette wrote: >Isaac Shapiro is here? I've heard good things about him. I have spoken to >Vartman. But ya know I think I am being taught not to seek now :-) >My negating ego can play ignorant though, & I like high level discussion. >You can't find that many places, so I appreciate this list very much. >I guess I'll just play it out & enjoy it all. My teacher is moving back >to the states now. Oh, I wasn't suggesting you seek! Just shootin' the breeze about folks. Who knows? Maybe you'll be passing this tradition on some day... Love, --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 :-) Greg Goode wrote: > Greg Goode <goode > > Hi Colette, > > What a mom of yours! My family, as far back as my grandparents on both > sides, we were all atheists, no religious or spiritual or political or > doctrinal teachings at all. More like a 50's sitcom. You are doing well then aren't you! I never would have guessed. :-) As light as my mother was, my father was dark. Both polarites represented. I guess you would know Greg that that means a lot of healing is still being done by me over that. I wonder if you have heard that it is possible that sensations of karmic release may be related to cleansing even our relatives' past? That all of their experiences too are contained in our biology. Cellular cleansing of memory occurs for own self and others through oneself, is a theory I heard of this year. This is also the age of Kali yuga. So there's a lot of hard work to allow, while learning to not do, and rest in Being. Thanks for sharing about your family Greg, Col > > > Colette wrote: > >Isaac Shapiro is here? I've heard good things about him. I have spoken to > >Vartman. But ya know I think I am being taught not to seek now :-) > >My negating ego can play ignorant though, & I like high level discussion. > >You can't find that many places, so I appreciate this list very much. > >I guess I'll just play it out & enjoy it all. My teacher is moving back > >to the states now. > > Oh, I wasn't suggesting you seek! Just shootin' the breeze about folks. > Who knows? Maybe you'll be passing this tradition on some day... > > Love, > > --Greg > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email Address: advaitins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Hi Col, Yes, I do imagine the healing is happening in you, though I can't say that from e-mail I've seen the dark polarity in you, just the light one like your mom's. Yes, I've heard the healing goes backwards. Many traditions pray or heal the dead. In Anthroposophy (Rudolph Steiner's school), they practice reading spiritual books to the dead, friends and relatives, etc. Not only is their biology encapulated in our biology, but all the subtle vibrations at every level interpenetrate everywhere else. So, in a very subtle sense, the healing of anyone benefits everyone. Even in the Christian Pentacostal Church, where I was a deacon in my 30's, we had prayer ministers. They would just pray in private for various things, including God's grace over the entire world. They would never talk about it, for they knew it wasn't necessary. Thanks yourself for sharing! Have a nice weekend! --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 >Greg Goode <goode > >Even in the Christian Pentacostal Church, where I was a deacon in my 30's, You've made quite an interesting journey, haven't you, Greg? :-) W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 1999 Report Share Posted December 11, 1999 At 09:59 PM 12/10/99 -0500, Warren E. Donley wrote: Greg: >>Even in the Christian Pentacostal Church, where I was a deacon in my 30's, Warren: >You've made quite an interesting journey, haven't you, Greg? :-) Hmm, yes! Another thing was that I was the only white member. It was a church in the largely African-American denomiation called Church of God in Christ. --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 Greetings to all. For some time, I have enjoyed following the discussion and now I feel compelled to speak. Guru Deva, who was born on December 21, 1870, was the Teacher of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Shantananda Saraswati, the previous Shankaracharya of the North at Jyotirmath and ultimately my Teacher. Now the Shankaracharya's seat in the North had been vacant some one hundred sixty-five years. As a result of a move by the Indian religious federation to discover a worthy and suitable person to revive the spirit of the Advaita tradition in the North, Guru Deva was approached and asked to take on the role. He reluctantly agreed. After a disappearance of twenty one days and postponement of ceremonies, he reappeared in the appointed place of Varanasi. At dawn on the first of April 1941, Guru Deva, who was seventy, was annointed and invested as Jagadgur Bhagwan Shankarachary Swami Brahmananda Saraswati in the seat of Shankaracharya at Jyotirmath. Then his work began. (For more, see "The Whole Thing, The Real Thing: a Brief Biography of Shri Guru Deva," originally written in Hindi by Rameshar Tiwari and recreated in English by Prem Pasricha; available from Motilal Banarsidass in New Delhi or the Philosophy Foundation Bookstore in Boston.) So, Colette, you and I are followers of two of disciples of Guru Deva, beneficiaries of his efforts, and part of a long line extending back to Adi Shankara :-). Sasmitam, with a smile, KennethGreg Goode wrote: > > Greg Goode <goode > > Thanks, Colette. Sounds like you have admirable resources available to > you, and Grace has done its work. As far as which Math Guru Dev was from, > I'm sure someone on this list knows. I know that two of the four Maths are > Kanchi and Sringeri. Then I heard there are like 10 subsidiary ones. > > You're in Ausralia? The other teachers I've heard of there are Sailor Bob > (from Nisargadatta), Isaac Shapiro (from Papaji), and Vartman (newly from > Gangaji, who is from Papaji). > > Thanks again! > > --Greg > > At 09:14 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: > > >Well my real teacher is the inner silence. Guru. > > > >The Master whose tradition I was initiated into 24 years ago is Maharishi > Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi's Master who gave Him the task of spreading the > teachings worldwide (such a small task really :-) was Guru Dev, who was > Shankarcharya of one of India's > >maths. (I hear there are four maths where great Masters sit & teach.) I am > sorry I do not have his original name. > > > >The teacher who learnt from Maharishi who has taught me much from his high > level of awareness is American and his name is ... well he wants to remain > quiet. But even Deepak Chopra gets advice from him. His first name is Thom. > And I am very lucky that > >he was my Initiator into this lineage, for he is far ahead of the other > teachers here. > > > >But we must all learn to stand on our own two feet. And be Self > sufficient. Dependency was never encouraged as I am sure you will > appreciate. But I think it's vital to have someone who can counsel you when > the technique starts to shatter boundaries > >:-) (or expand ego structure). The wave gets wider & deeper to encompass > totality ~ Veda ~ As I see it. > > > >Bye for now, > > > >Colette > > > >Greg Goode wrote: > > > >> Greg Goode <goode > >> > >> Hey Colette, > >> > >> Great line about management. Who's your teacher? > >> > >> --Greg > >> > >> At 08:43 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: > >> >Colette <colette > >> > > >> >I will also share that as a meditator I was warned not to go too far. > >> >That I was abolute AND manifest. > >> >That if you go too far you can drop your body :-) > >> > > >> >My teacher describes it as ~ before realisation enlightenment is carefully > >> managed . > >> >After realisation ~ ignorance is carefully managed (just a hint ~ enough > >> to maintain a body). > >> >This is funny :-) > >> > > >> >That all great Masters who were ever here teaching, had to maintain enough > >> duality to maintain form for others to locate them. > > > >>Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy > focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives > are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email > Address: advaitins > > > > > > > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives are available > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 Thanks Kenneth. I don't know anything about Adi Shankara. Is this the one who wrote Crest Jewel of Discrimination? I wonder what his story is? How long ago was he alive & what is he most famous for? Bye now, Col Kenneth Larsen wrote: > Kenneth Larsen <kvlarsen > > Greetings to all. For some time, I have enjoyed following the > discussion and now I feel compelled to speak. > Guru Deva, who was born on December 21, 1870, was the Teacher of > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Shantananda Saraswati, the previous > Shankaracharya of the North at Jyotirmath and ultimately my Teacher. > <snip > So, Colette, you and I are followers of two of disciples of Guru Deva, > beneficiaries of his efforts, and part of a long line extending back to > Adi Shankara :-). > Sasmitam, with a smile, > KennethGreg Goode wrote: > > > > Greg Goode <goode > > > > Thanks, Colette. Sounds like you have admirable resources available to > > you, and Grace has done its work. As far as which Math Guru Dev was from, > > I'm sure someone on this list knows. I know that two of the four Maths are > > Kanchi and Sringeri. Then I heard there are like 10 subsidiary ones. > > > > You're in Ausralia? The other teachers I've heard of there are Sailor Bob > > (from Nisargadatta), Isaac Shapiro (from Papaji), and Vartman (newly from > > Gangaji, who is from Papaji). > > > > Thanks again! > > > > --Greg > > > > At 09:14 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: > > > > >Well my real teacher is the inner silence. Guru. > > > > > >The Master whose tradition I was initiated into 24 years ago is Maharishi > > Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi's Master who gave Him the task of spreading the > > teachings worldwide (such a small task really :-) was Guru Dev, who was > > Shankarcharya of one of India's > > >maths. (I hear there are four maths where great Masters sit & teach.) I am > > sorry I do not have his original name. > > > > > >The teacher who learnt from Maharishi who has taught me much from his high > > level of awareness is American and his name is ... well he wants to remain > > quiet. But even Deepak Chopra gets advice from him. His first name is Thom. > > And I am very lucky that > > >he was my Initiator into this lineage, for he is far ahead of the other > > teachers here. > > > > > >But we must all learn to stand on our own two feet. And be Self > > sufficient. Dependency was never encouraged as I am sure you will > > appreciate. But I think it's vital to have someone who can counsel you when > > the technique starts to shatter boundaries > > >:-) (or expand ego structure). The wave gets wider & deeper to encompass > > totality ~ Veda ~ As I see it. > > > > > >Bye for now, > > > > > >Colette > > > > > >Greg Goode wrote: > > > > > >> Greg Goode <goode > > >> > > >> Hey Colette, > > >> > > >> Great line about management. Who's your teacher? > > >> > > >> --Greg > > >> > > >> At 08:43 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: > > >> >Colette <colette > > >> > > > >> >I will also share that as a meditator I was warned not to go too far. > > >> >That I was abolute AND manifest. > > >> >That if you go too far you can drop your body :-) > > >> > > > >> >My teacher describes it as ~ before realisation enlightenment is carefully > > >> managed . > > >> >After realisation ~ ignorance is carefully managed (just a hint ~ enough > > >> to maintain a body). > > >> >This is funny :-) > > >> > > > >> >That all great Masters who were ever here teaching, had to maintain enough > > >> duality to maintain form for others to locate them. > > > > > >>Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy > > focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives > > are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email > > Address: advaitins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives are available > > > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email Address: advaitins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 sorry for jumping in-but if you don't know about adi sankara--it's like being a fan of pop music and not knowing about micheal jackson!!or,like living in USA and not knowing about bill clinton:-) >Colette <colette >advaitin >advaitin >Re: My Teachers >Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:45:11 +1100 > >Thanks Kenneth. > >I don't know anything about Adi Shankara. Is this the one who wrote Crest >Jewel of Discrimination? I wonder what his story is? How long ago was he >alive & what is he most famous for? > >Bye now, > >Col > > >Kenneth Larsen wrote: > > > Kenneth Larsen <kvlarsen > > > > Greetings to all. For some time, I have enjoyed following the > > discussion and now I feel compelled to speak. > > Guru Deva, who was born on December 21, 1870, was the Teacher of > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Shantananda Saraswati, the previous > > Shankaracharya of the North at Jyotirmath and ultimately my Teacher. > > <snip > > So, Colette, you and I are followers of two of disciples of Guru >Deva, > > beneficiaries of his efforts, and part of a long line extending back to > > Adi Shankara :-). > > > > Sasmitam, with a smile, > > > > KennethGreg Goode wrote: > > > > > > Greg Goode <goode > > > > > > Thanks, Colette. Sounds like you have admirable resources available >to > > > you, and Grace has done its work. As far as which Math Guru Dev was >from, > > > I'm sure someone on this list knows. I know that two of the four >Maths are > > > Kanchi and Sringeri. Then I heard there are like 10 subsidiary ones. > > > > > > You're in Ausralia? The other teachers I've heard of there are Sailor >Bob > > > (from Nisargadatta), Isaac Shapiro (from Papaji), and Vartman (newly >from > > > Gangaji, who is from Papaji). > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > --Greg > > > > > > At 09:14 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: > > > > > > >Well my real teacher is the inner silence. Guru. > > > > > > > >The Master whose tradition I was initiated into 24 years ago is >Maharishi > > > Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi's Master who gave Him the task of spreading the > > > teachings worldwide (such a small task really :-) was Guru Dev, who >was > > > Shankarcharya of one of India's > > > >maths. (I hear there are four maths where great Masters sit & teach.) >I am > > > sorry I do not have his original name. > > > > > > > >The teacher who learnt from Maharishi who has taught me much from his >high > > > level of awareness is American and his name is ... well he wants to >remain > > > quiet. But even Deepak Chopra gets advice from him. His first name is >Thom. > > > And I am very lucky that > > > >he was my Initiator into this lineage, for he is far ahead of the >other > > > teachers here. > > > > > > > >But we must all learn to stand on our own two feet. And be Self > > > sufficient. Dependency was never encouraged as I am sure you will > > > appreciate. But I think it's vital to have someone who can counsel you >when > > > the technique starts to shatter boundaries > > > >:-) (or expand ego structure). The wave gets wider & deeper to >encompass > > > totality ~ Veda ~ As I see it. > > > > > > > >Bye for now, > > > > > > > >Colette > > > > > > > >Greg Goode wrote: > > > > > > > >> Greg Goode <goode > > > >> > > > >> Hey Colette, > > > >> > > > >> Great line about management. Who's your teacher? > > > >> > > > >> --Greg > > > >> > > > >> At 08:43 AM 12/11/99 +1100, Colette wrote: > > > >> >Colette <colette > > > >> > > > > >> >I will also share that as a meditator I was warned not to go too >far. > > > >> >That I was abolute AND manifest. > > > >> >That if you go too far you can drop your body :-) > > > >> > > > > >> >My teacher describes it as ~ before realisation enlightenment is >carefully > > > >> managed . > > > >> >After realisation ~ ignorance is carefully managed (just a hint ~ >enough > > > >> to maintain a body). > > > >> >This is funny :-) > > > >> > > > > >> >That all great Masters who were ever here teaching, had to >maintain enough > > > >> duality to maintain form for others to locate them. > > > > > > > >>Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta >Philosophy > > > focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List >Archives > > > are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact >Email > > > Address: advaitins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta >Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List >Archives are available > > > > > > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy >focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives >are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email >Address: advaitins > > > > >------ >Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy >focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives >are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email >Address: advaitins > ><< text3.html >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 1999 Report Share Posted December 13, 1999 Kenneth Larsen [kvlarsen] Sunday, December 12, 1999 9:55 PM advaitin Re: My Teachers Kenneth Larsen <kvlarsen Greetings to all. For some time, I have enjoyed following the discussion and now I feel compelled to speak. Guru Deva, who was born on December 21, 1870, was the Teacher of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Shantananda Saraswati, the previous Shankaracharya of the North at Jyotirmath and ultimately my Teacher. Now the Shankaracharya's seat in the North had been vacant some one hundred sixty-five years. As a result of a move by the Indian religious federation to discover a worthy and suitable person to revive the spirit of the Advaita tradition in the North, Guru Deva was approached and asked to take on the role. He reluctantly agreed. After a disappearance of twenty one days and postponement of ceremonies, he reappeared in the appointed place of Varanasi. At dawn on the first of April 1941, Guru Deva, who was seventy, was annointed and invested as Jagadgur Bhagwan Shankarachary Swami Brahmananda Saraswati in the seat of Shankaracharya at Jyotirmath. Then his work began. (For more, see "The Whole Thing, The Real Thing: a Brief Biography of Shri Guru Deva," originally written in Hindi by Rameshar Tiwari and recreated in English by Prem Pasricha; available from Motilal Banarsidass in New Delhi or the Philosophy Foundation Bookstore in Boston.) So, Colette, you and I are followers of two of disciples of Guru Deva, beneficiaries of his efforts, and part of a long line extending back to Adi Shankara :-). Sasmitam, with a smile, Swami Brahmananda Sarswati, Gurudev of Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, was a highly impressive figure of his times. His picture and a description of meeting with him is recounted by Swami Rama in his book, "Living with the Himalayan Masters." Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 1999 Report Share Posted December 14, 1999 Sri Adi Shankara Acharya was the person who re -established the advaita philosophy. It is not known clearly when he lived but the usual time period given to him is in the 7th century AD. He is supposed to have lived for only 32 years. He completed his commentaries on the 10 major Upanishads (Isa Kena Katha Prasna Mundaka Mandukya Taittariya , Aitereya, Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka) , The Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras by the age of 16. Later he travelled across the length of India on foot discoursing and debating and firmly established the advaita philosophy. He revived vedic rituals which had become undermined after the impact of Budhihism. Amongst his numerous works are Bhaja Govindam , Viveka Choodamani, Upadesa Sahasram, Atma Bodha, Sivananda Lahiri, Saundarya Lahiri . The last two being gems in Bhakthi Yoga. He had four principal devotees , Sanananda (padmapada), Sureshwara, Hastamlaka , Totaka . There are many stories about these disciples. They were the first leaders of the 4 Maths(monasteries) he established in the 4 corners of India. Legend has it that at the age of 32 , Sri Shankara went into the glorious Himalayas (the abode of snow) at Kedarnath and never returned. This is only a glimpse. There are many websites like www.advaita-vedanta.org which give better details. Anand On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:45:11 Colette wrote: >Colette <colette > >Thanks Kenneth. > >I don't know anything about Adi Shankara. Is this the one who wrote Crest Jewel of Discrimination? I wonder what his story is? How long ago was he alive & what is he most famous for? > >Bye now, > A FREE web-based e-mail service brought to you by the PC World Technology Network. Get your FREE account today at http://www.myworldmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 1999 Report Share Posted December 14, 1999 Anand's brief summary is quite adequate and a detailed biography is available at the archive site: with the following thread: Jagatguru Adi Shankaracharya (788 - 820 A.D.) Got to http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ and search the articles using the thread title given above. Ram Chandran Also visit the Advaitin Homepage at: http://www.geocities.com/advaitins/ >"Anand Natarajan" <anandn > >This is only a glimpse. There are many websites like www.advaita-vedanta.org which give better details. > >Anand > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 1999 Report Share Posted December 14, 1999 To Collette, Colette wrote: > > Colette <colette > > Thanks Kenneth. > > I don't know anything about Adi Shankara. Is this the one who wrote Crest Jewel of Discrimination? I wonder what his story is? How long ago was he alive & wha > > Bye now, > > Yes, he was the renowned Teacher of Vedanta. He wrote the Crest Jewel of Discrimination as well as many other original works on Vedanta philosophy. He is usually said to have been born in 788 A.D. and diedst the age of thirty-two in 820. However, some say that he lived much earlier, in any case no later than the sixth or seventh century A.D.. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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