He also established the importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, in a time when the Mimamsa school established strict ritualism and ridiculed monasticism. His works in Sanskrit concern themselves with establishing the doctrine of advaita (nondualism). Adi Shankara is believed to be the organizer of the Dashanami monastic order and the founder of the Shanmata tradition of worship. He is reputed to have founded four mathas ("monasteries"), which helped in the historical development, revival and spread of Advaita Vedanta. Shankara travelled across India and other parts of South Asia to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. His teachings are based on the unity of the ātman and brahman- non-dual brahman, in which brahman is viewed as nirguna brahman, brahman without attributes. Shankara travelled across India and other parts of Adi Shankara(788 CE - 820 CE), also known as Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya and Ādi Śaṅkarācārya was an Indian guru from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta. With a lucid and faithful translation of the main text and the commentary of Sri Shankaracharya with relevant notes, the value of this book for any student of Vedanta need not be explicitly stated.moreĪdi Shankara(788 CE - 820 CE), also known as Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya and Ādi Śaṅkarācārya was an Indian guru from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta. In it are also found the different layers of human personality constituted of the five sheaths and it undertakes a thorough investigation into it, which finally culminates in the climactic experience of discovering the innermost Self.
Readers are also presented with a gradation of higher and higher bliss towards the end of the book. It reveals to the readers in a flash, with aphoristic brevity, the quintessence of the entire philosophy of the Upanishads. In it are also fo This Upanishad belongs to the Yajur Veda and is very popular among those who learn Vedic chanting in the strictly traditional manner. This Upanishad belongs to the Yajur Veda and is very popular among those who learn Vedic chanting in the strictly traditional manner.