Advaita Prampara

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Sankara with disciples: sureSvara, padmapAda, toTaka and hastAmalaka As one is aware that the first Guru is nArAyaNa (vishNu) in the first verse and sadASiva (Siva) in the second.Following the Prampara: nArAyaNa padmabhuva (brahmA) vasishTha Sakti parASara vyAsa Suka gauDapAda govinda bhagavatpAda SankarAcArya padmapAda, hastAmalaka, toTaka, sureSvara (vArttikakAra), and others (anyA:). all knowledge is traced back to the Gods and to the Rshis who saw the vedas. Thus, the advaita guru-paramparA begins with the daiva-paramparA , followed by the Rshi-paramparA, which includes the vedic seers vasishTha, Sakti, parASara, his son vyAsa, (the famous redactor of the vedas, he is also traditionally identified with bAdarAyaNa, the composer of the brahmasUtras), and vyAsa's son Suka. After Suka, we turn to the mAnava-paramparA, which brings us to historical times and personalities. The traditions regarding these human gurus are recorded in the Sankaravijaya literature, and typically, they are regarded as incarnations of various

deities. gauDapAda is the famous author of the mANDUkya kArikas that are attached to the mANDUkya upanishad. His disciple, govinda, is regarded as an incarnation of AdiSesha, the cosmic serpent. He was the preceptor of Sankara, who is regarded as an incarnation of Siva. Sankara's four well-known disciples were named padmapAda, hastAmalaka, toTaka and sureSvara (vArttikakAra). Tradition has it that Sankara appointed these four disciples as heads of the four maThas that he founded. Now many more Living Guru is at reach just by the wink of an eye for many Sadhaks who are not wise in years to come but still waiting. The importance of Sankara can be seen from the fact that every vedAntin after him makes his mark either by expanding on his thought or by refuting him. Just like Many Sri Sankara also had a Guru Sri . The date of gauDapAda, the author of the mANDUkya kArikAs, is usually inferred from the tradition that he was Sankara's teacher's teacher, and from references to the mANDUkya kArikAs in other works. However, not much historical information is known about govinda bhagavatpAda, Sankara's teacher, except that Sankara salutes him in the invocatory verses in some of his works. Pranam, Babitha

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On Dec 31, 2007 1:49 PM, Babitha Vasanth <babitha70 wrote:

 

 

 

 

Sankara with disciples: sureSvara, padmapAda

, toTaka and hastAmalaka

As one is aware that the first Guru is nArAyaNa (vishNu) in the first verse and sadASiva (Siva) in the second.Following the Prampara: nArAyaNa

padmabhuva (brahmA) vasishTha

Sakti parASara

vyAsa Suka

gauDapAda govinda bhagavatpAda

SankarAcArya padmapAda, hastAmalaka, toTaka, sureSvara (vArttikakAra), and others (anyA:).

all knowledge is traced back to the Gods and to the Rshis who saw the vedas. Thus, the advaita guru-paramparA begins with the daiva-paramparA , followed by the Rshi-paramparA, which includes the vedic seers vasishTha, Sakti, parASara, his son vyAsa, (the famous redactor of the vedas, he is also traditionally identified with bAdarAyaNa, the composer of the brahmasUtras), and vyAsa's son Suka. After Suka, we turn to the mAnava-paramparA, which brings us to historical times and personalities. The traditions regarding these human gurus are recorded in the

Sankaravijaya literature, and typically, they are regarded as incarnations of various

deities. gauDapAda is the famous author of the mANDUkya kArikas that are attached to the mANDUkya upanishad. His disciple, govinda, is regarded as an incarnation of AdiSesha, the cosmic serpent. He was the preceptor of Sankara, who is regarded as an incarnation of Siva. Sankara's four well-known disciples were named padmapAda,

hastAmalaka, toTaka and

sureSvara (vArttikakAra). Tradition has it that Sankara appointed these four disciples as heads of the four maThas that he founded. Now many more Living Guru is at reach just by the wink of an eye for many Sadhaks who are not wise in years to come but still waiting.

The importance of Sankara can be seen from the fact that every vedAntin after him makes his mark either by expanding on his thought or by refuting him.

Just like Many Sri Sankara also had a Guru Sri . The date of gauDapAda, the author of the mANDUkya kArikAs, is usually inferred from the tradition that he was Sankara's teacher's teacher, and from references to the mANDUkya kArikAs in other works. However, not much historical information is known about govinda bhagavatpAda, Sankara's teacher, except that Sankara salutes him in the invocatory verses in some of his works.

Pranam, Babitha

 

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