A Recall of the greatness of Adi Shankara on his Jayanti day

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Namaste Profvkji:

 

What a great way to start this early morning Friday with tribute to

Adi Sankara on his Jayanti day. Let me add the following tributes

in addition to the excellent article by ProfVK to Adi Shankara, the

visionary and missionary of Vedic Heritage and Culture.

 

It is the genius of Shankara that brought the hidden treasures of the

Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita. He is the architect

and builder who renovated and rejuvenated "Veda Vyasa's Vedic

Heritage Temple of Wisdom " with Brahman as the Deity, the Vedas as

its Tower, Upanishads as its Pillars, Brahma Sutras as its Tirtha

Tank and Bhagavad Gita as the Sanctum Sanctorum and most importantly

Advaita Philosophy as the Cement.

 

After the renovation and rejuvenation of this great Vedic Heritage

Temple of Wisdom, he made sure to preserve and protect this treasure

by establishing four institutions (Mutts) at key locations (one in

the north, one in the east, one in the west and one in the South).

Shankara the visionary also specified functional roles for the

established Mutts to propagate the Vedic Heritage and also to

preserve and protect temples and traditions.

 

Both volume and value of his contributions are immeasurable. It is

the genius of Shankara that is responsible for our learning and

understanding the genius of Veda Vyasa and the sages and saints of

the Upanishads. Let us pray Bhagawan Shankara to help us all to guide

our life and help us to remember Him and His services to the humanity

all the time.

 

Pranams to Jaya Jaya Shankara Bhagavad Pada

 

Ram Chandran

 

advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk>

wrote:

> ..........

> The one fact that comes to the mind of a non-Indian the

> moment the country of India is mentioned is its

> contribution to the spiritual evolution of the human

> species over the centuries, particularly through its Vedic

> and Upanishadic thought processes. But if any single

> individual Master is to be associated with this

> contribution one of the earliest such is Shankara.

>

> ......