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9th Century

India
(Indian Subcontinent)

Shankara

Timeline (788 - 820)

Poems by Shankara
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Sometimes written as Sankara. Also called Sankaracarya or Sankaracharya.

Shankara was a great teacher of Advaita Vedanta who was likely born in the village of Kaladi in Kerala, South India, in 788 (although some list this date as the beginning of his life as a renunciate). Legend has it that he mastered the Vedas at age eight.

Shankara critiqued the philosophical and religious traditions of his day and singlehandedly brought about a decisive cultural renaissance. He (and other jnanis like him) gave overwhelming testimony to the fact that spiritual renunciation is not synonymous with an inactive, purely contemplative life.

Shankara wrote a large number of Sanskrit commentaries on sacred Hindu literature and founded five important monasteries.

-- from dabase.net

Poems by Shankara

	Endless is my Wealth
	The Shattering of Illusion (Moha Mudgaram from The Crest Jewel of Discrimination)

Recommended Books

	Ramana, Shankara and the Forty Verses: The Essential Teachings of Advaita, by Alan Jacobs Amazon.com
	Saundarya Lahari of Sri Sankaracarya, by Shankara Amazon.com
	Shankara and Indian Philosophy, by Natalia Isayeva Amazon.com
	Shankara's Crest Jewel of Discrimination, Translated by Swami Prabhavananda / Translated by Christopher Isherwood Amazon.com
	Upadesa Sahasri: A Thousand Teachings, by Shankara / Translated by Swami Jagadananda Amazon.com

Related Links:

	Sankara http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/saints/sankara.htm An on-line biography of Shankara by Swami Sivananda.

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