KaNchi kAmakoti peeTham - 5 Sankara-s-SUPER -IMPOSITION??????

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Prabhu-ji writes..

 

(There is an interesting tradition preserved in the kAnchi-kAmakoti

pontificate. They reckon five shankara-s. The first one (Adi -

shankara), who was merely the author of the bhAShyA-s, the second one

(krupa-shankara) who lived long after (28-69 A.D.) was the one who

systematized the six religious practices (shaNmatha sthApaka-

Shaiva, VaishNava, saura, gANapatya, ShAkta & kaumAra) and remodeled

tAntrik form of worship; the third (ujjvala-shankara) who lived

between 329-367 AD & traveled all over> the country; the fourth

(arbhaka -shankara) whose date is given as 398-437> AD, & who was

connected with the kAnchi pontificate; & the last one > (bAlaka-

shankara), who is usually regarded as the shankara, and whose life

the shankara-vijaya-s recount. )

 

This is a prepostrous story !

 

A REAL Super super super CONCOCTON of an over-active imagination.

 

I have heard many stories that ADI Shankara attained Mahasamadhi in

Kanchi and not in Kashmir.

 

I have also heard that Adi shankara established the Sringeri Mutt

and not the Kanchi Mutt.

 

then, i have also heard that Adi shankara did not compose the

Saundara Lahari , he is not the author of Viveka-chudamani and he DID

NOT WRITE THE DAKSHINAMURTHY STOTRA.

 

prabhuji... Please let me Live with this idea for the rest of my

life - that there is only ONE Adi Shankara and he is the Jagadguru !

 

I know Vaishnavites like to see Many in one! This is because Lord

Krishna always expanded into Many Krishnas in the RAASA-LILA to

satisfy all the Gopis that He was indeed dancing with each and every

one of them!!! smiles!!

 

But, Adi Shankara Bhagavadapada is only ONE! He is NOT five

Shankaras!!

 

He is the one who performed all the miracles, he is the one who

travelled widely from Kasmir to Kanchi, He is the one who established

the Shanmathas, he is the one who established the Mutts, He is the

one who wrote all the Bhasyas , he is the one who defeated Manana

mishra and others in spiritual debates and finallY he is the ONLY ONE

who propounded the theory of ADWAITHA !!!

 

Prabhu-ji.

 

please do not *confuse* me anymore!

 

i am a simple minded person.

 

it is one thing for Srinivas-ji to say srimati 'Radharani ' does not

exist... even that is blasphemous - considering Narada purana clearly

mentions Radha-rani...

 

Let me have my illusions and this is one illusion i like to cling to

for the rest of my life ...

 

That is there is only one ACHARYA and he is Shanl kara BHAGVADAPADA!

 

we should stop reading such sensation mongering books!

 

Hara Hara Shankara!

 

Jaya Jaya Shankara !!!

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praNAm Adi mAtAji

Hare Krishna

 

mAtAji:

 

This is a prepostrous story !

 

A REAL Super super super CONCOCTON of an over-active imagination.

 

bhaskar :

 

Kindly pardon me mAtAji, I dont think Prof.SKR prabhuji's observations are

mere concocted theory. Those who know his profundity in shAstra-s never say

like that.

 

mAtAji :

 

prabhuji... Please let me Live with this idea for the rest of my

life - that there is only ONE Adi Shankara and he is the Jagadguru !

 

But, Adi Shankara Bhagavadapada is only ONE! He is NOT five

Shankaras!!

 

please do not *confuse* me anymore!

 

i am a simple minded person.

 

Let me have my illusions and this is one illusion i like to cling to

for the rest of my life ...

 

bhaskar :

 

again my apologies for hurting your sentimental attachment to the name

*shankara*. I have no intention of hurting anyone's sentiments, just I

wanted to share those lines with the forum for the opinion. But sometimes,

I think, we have to comeout from this circle to have an objective look at

the facts..Sri SKR prabhuji in this book did not just like that pass this

comment. He has given some valid & logical reasons for his claims.

 

mAtAji:

 

we should stop reading such sensation mongering books!

 

bhaskar :

 

Pls. go through the URL provided below. Atleast you will come to know he

is not just an author of sensation mongering books !!!

 

http://www.culturalindia.org/skr.asp

 

Hara Hara Shankara!

 

Jaya Jaya Shankara !!!

 

praNAms mAtAji

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar

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advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

wrote:

 

Dear all divine souls,

 

I would like to know the truth whether Shri Shankarachary established

Sringeri Mutt or Kanchi Mutt.

 

Kindly clarify me. Out of my curiosity I am asking this question. If

I hurt anybody's sentiments my sincere apologies.

 

Om Sai

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Dear friend,

 

Pranams.

 

A few decades ago, this question whether Adhi Sankarar established Sringeri mutt

or Kanchi mutt was raised. It raged and arguments conducted in feverish pitch to

very unhealthy levels by the 'devotees' of both the mutts. Sincere viadheekas

had enough of it. As usual the question faded away, as nobody could satisfy

either of the groups.

 

Both the mutts have been doing excellent work all along and several great jnanis

have appeared as Peetadhipathis in both the lines. Inasmuch as both the mutts

have been propagating Vedhism in general and advaitha in particular, naturally

they should have come into being only with the blessings of Sri Adhi Sankarar.

 

Now the most urgent need is to highlight the importance of the Vedas,as the

unifying thread of all the branches of our religion, called Hinduism. So long as

the unity is not sacrificed, diversity is harmless. But now Hinduism lives in

isolated groups.

 

The members of each group are living in rigid shells they have created for

themselves. The growth of different interpretations and conventions to suit

different circumstances and groups are understandable. But when they tend to go

astray, dissociating themselves from other groups forgetting the common bond of

the Vedas, we should start thinking of remedial measures. What is happening is

something like cutting a branch of a tree, sitting on the edge of the branch.

 

Both the mutts belong to the same shool of thought and have the tremendous task

of preserving the Vedas before them. Let us not allow ourselves to forget this

in an attempt to pursue a seemingly innocuous question of idle curiosity about

the past.

 

It is not that I am finding fault with the friend who has raised this question.

It may be out of quite genuine curiosity. But in the light of the existing

circumstances, it is like a guest's asking the baby of the house, whether she

loves her father or mother.

 

Let us concentrate on the present times and mould the future.

 

With best wishes,

 

K S Venkataraman

 

 

 

 

 

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 vasu145 wrote :

>advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

>wrote:

>Dear all divine souls,

>I would like to know the truth whether Shri Shankarachary established

>Sringeri Mutt or Kanchi Mutt.

>Kindly clarify me. Out of my curiosity I am asking this question.  If

>I hurt anybody's sentiments my sincere apologies.

>Om Sai

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> advaitin, "adi_shakthi16"

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> Dear all divine souls,

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> I would like to know the truth whether Shri

> Shankarachary established

> Sringeri Mutt or Kanchi Mutt.

>

> Kindly clarify me. Out of my curiosity I am asking

> this question. If

> I hurt anybody's sentiments my sincere apologies.

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> Om Sai

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advaitin, bhaskar.yr@i... wrote:

> praNAm Adi mAtAji

> Hare Krishna

Thank you Prabhuji!

 

With all due respects tp Prof.SKR, after reading the Kanchi Kamakoti

peetham Site, i am convinced there is only one ADI SHANKARA and all

these other Shankaras may be his successors. They might have

developed and carried on the original work done by Adi Shankara.

 

IT IS Adi Shankara who founded the kanchi and sringeri peethams.

 

Thank you for the url, prabuhji.

 

I m not hurt, Prabhuji.

 

The Sun surpasses Brilliance and Luminosity of Million artificial

lights . So is our Shankara Bhagvadapada ; no matter what anyone

says , He is the unique one. There is only one Acharya and that is

adi shankara. Others are mere imitations.

 

regards

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Dear Sir Venkataraman,

 

PLEASE READ BETWEEN THE LINES.

 

i am not raising this question. I already know that both these

peethams were established by our great Shankaracharya. I visited

Kanchi Peetham recently. When i was about to visit Kanchi peetham, i

was told by someone in Madras that it is better for me to visirt

Srngeri as that is the ORIGIBNAL peetham established by the ACHARYA.

I smilingly told the informant , if God/ess wills , i will visit

Sringeri on my next trip.

 

What i was trying to hint in my post was that all these claims made

by Prabhuji (Bsed on his reading of PROFSKS) that there are five

Shankaras are baseless and unfounded. Please read my subsequent post.

in fact, Adi_shankara had three more successors with the same last

name Shankara, who carried on and developed the work laid down by the

original Adi Shankara.

 

However, according to the KANCHI kAMAKOTI ORG site, there was one

*Abhinava Sankara* who was so great that he was confounded

with the timings and deeds of the Great Adi Sankara.

 

 

and Sir, I AGREE WITH YOU. These discussions are useless and lead us

nowhere.

 

it is one thing to mistake the Rope for a snake. That is 'AVIDYA'

 

It is ANOTHER THING to create FIve SHANKARAS When in reality there is

only *ONE* , The Great Acharya!!!!

 

Sankaram Sankaracharyam Kesavam Badarayanam;

Sutra-Bhashya-Kritau Vande Bhagavantau Punah Punah

 

I adore Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu, Bhagavan Vyasa and Sri Sankaracharya.

I again and again prostrate to Sri Vyasa who wrote the Vedanta

Sutras, and to Sri Sankaracharya who wrote the commentaries thereon

 

 

Jaya Jaya Shankara!

 

Hara Hara Shankara!