Vedas and Adi Sankara - Part 10 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji.

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Dear Members,

 

As promised to his mother, Sankara reached Kaladi to

be by her side in her last moments. As the Scriptures

forbid a sanyasin to perform last rites none

cooperated with him in conducting the last rites to

his mother. However, Sankara using his yogic power

performed the cremation of his mother in the compound

of his house, single handedly. Later, Sankara traveled

all over the country winning people to the Vedic

religion.

 

In his short span of 32 years of life Sankara wrote

slokas on all the deities of all the Holy Places,

wrote commentaries on all the Holy Texts, met the

heads of innumerable new faiths and won them over to

the Vedic religion. Even 2500 to 3000 years after

Sankara’s lifetime his teachings of Advaita philosophy

still form the base for everything. Such is the glory

of this ‘Avatãra Purusha’! Some of slokas composed by

Sankara are Guru Ashtakam, Ganesha Pancharatnam,

Subrhamanya Bhujangam, Soundarya Lahari, Shatpadi

Stotram, Bhaja Govindam, and Dakshinamoorthyashtakam.

It is interesting to note that the beat of the

chanting of Ganesha (elephant god) Pancharatnam is

like the swaying of the elephant’s ears! And in the

case of Subrahmanya Bhujangam the wriggling movement

of a snake is envisioned!

 

Sri Sankara founded the principle Mutts in four

quarters of India for the spread of Advaita philosophy

and appointed four of his main disciples to head them

each. Thus, Padmapada was the first head of the Mutt

in Puri (East), Suresvaracharya of the Mutt in

Sringeri (South), Hastamalaka of the Mutt in Dwaraka

(West) and Totakacharya of the Mutt in Badri

(North).Sankara finally reached Kanchipuram in the

South to the ‘sarvjnapeetham’ before quitting the

world. "

 

“GOPIKÃ JIVANASMARANAM! GOVINDA! GOVINDA!”

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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