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Sringeri Mutt demands entry to shrine in PoK
‘The concepts of equality, love towards each other and the whole world as family which Shankara advocated 1,200 years ago is relevant even today.’
SRINGERI, DHNS:

The Administrative Officer of Sringeri Mutt, V R Gowrishankar has demanded that Sarvajna Peetha, located at Sharade in Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) should be opened to Indians.

Speaking at the valedictory function of Shaankara Sandesha Saptaha, he stated that Shankaracharya’s name was entwined with Sanaatana Dharma. His philosophy had worldwide respect and following. Another such philosophy has not been discovered after his time. It is a widespread opinion that Advaita and Shankara are one and the same, he remarked.

Commenting on the Advaita philosophy, Gowrishankar said that the philosophy determined the purpose behind creating religious texts at a time when the true meaning of the principles was obscured by the frequent changes in analysing the Sanaatana Dharma through the centuries. Shankara’s philosophy merely mirrored the meaning of the principles, he remarked.
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