“Brahman, Pure Consciousness, is the Absolute Reality. (scroll down to read the legends)įrom the age of sixteen to thirty-two, Shankaracharya went forth, travelling across the length and breadth of ancient India bringing to the hearts of the masses the life-giving message of the Vedas. There is a legend about the young disciple during this period of his stay with the Guru. At the age of sixteen, he dropped his pen having completed writing all the major treatises. At his Guru’s command, Shankara wrote commentaries elucidating the subtle meanings hidden in the teachings of the scriptures. Under his teacher’s compassionate guidance, the young Shankaracharya mastered all the Vedic scriptures.Īt the age of twelve, his Guru deemed that Shankara was ready to write commentaries on major scriptural texts. He stayed there serving his Guru for four years. From the southern state of Kerala, the young Shankara walked about 2000 kilometres- to the banks of the river Narmada, in the central plains of India, to his Guru- Govindapada.
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