SWAMI SANKARACARYA

LIFE

• Swami Sankarācārya is thought to live during 786 A.D-818 A.D
• He was a disciple of Śri Govindapada
• Along with his disciples, he traveled to many places and challenged other philosophers in debates in which he won all

CHILDHOOD

• Swami Sankarācārya was born in Kālady Kerala, India
• He was born to Śivaguru (father) and Āryāmba (mother)
• Sankara lost his father when he was quite young
• Even so, Sankara excelled in all branches of traditional vaidika learning

EVENTS IN LIFE

• It is said that Sankara rerouted the course of the Purna river, so his mother would not have to walk a long distance to get to the river

EVENTS IN LIFE

• Once when Sankara was swimming in a river, a crocodile bit his leg. Sankara assumed he was going to die at that moment, and decided to directly enter the fourth ashram of sannyāsin, right after, the crocodile let go of Sankara's leg

TEACHINGS

• The five elements do not express my real nature, I cannot be changed.
• I am above castes and creeds. I am seen when 'maya' is removed.

QUOTE

So long as one has any association with this awful sense of being the doer there cannot be the least achievement of liberation which is something very different.

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HARI OM