Adi Shankara
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Adi Shankara, also called Adi Shankaracharya, was an Indian Vedic scholar-monk, philosopher, and teacher of Advaita Vedanta. He wrote influential commentaries on the Brahma sutras and other texts, and
Painting of Adi Shankara, exponent of Advaita Vedanta with his disciples by Raja Ravi Varma
The birthplace of Adi Shankara at Kalady
Vidyashankara temple at Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Shringeri
Adi Sankara Keerthi Sthampa Mandapam, Kalady, Kochi
Advaita Vedanta
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Advaita Vedanta is a Hindu tradition of Vedanta, a Brahmanical tradition of textual exegesis and philosophy; and a monastic institutional tradition nominally related to the Daśanāmi Sampradaya and pro
Adi Shankara
…romanized: Ādi Śaṅkara, Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, lit. 'First Shankara', pronounced ), was an Indian Vedic scholar-monk, philosopher, and teacher (acharya) of Advaita Vedanta. He wrote influential commentaries on the Brahma sutras and other texts, and in recent times is often revered as the most important Indian philosopher…
Ramana Maharshi, the Indian sage who is widely regarded as a Jivanmukta
The swan is an important motif in Advaita. The white colour of swan symbolises Sattva guṇa and the ability to discern Satya (Real, Eternal) from Mithya (Unreal, Changing), just as the mythical swan Paramahamsa discerns milk from water.
The ripple, Jivatman, is non-different from the water, Brahman.