<!--QuoteBegin-acharya+Dec 29 2006, 12:02 AM-->QUOTE(acharya @ Dec 29 2006, 12:02 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->One aspect of our Hindu society that I am intrigued about is the role of the Shankaracharya. What role does he play, how much in line with the scriptures is his role?
Is it a social mandate or a mandate by scriptures?
Why is it that one finds no mention of a Shankaracharya in the Ramayan and Mahabharat?
How authoritative is the voice of the Shankaracharya in Hindu society?
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Acharya Shankara's advent was well after the period of Ramayana or Mahabharatha. There cannot be any mention of it there, though Sri Shankaracharya does refer to Ramayana and Mahabharatha in his works.
Sri Shankara had an incisive logic to rip thru the misinterpretations about Sanathana Dharma and to clarify the true meaning of the Upanishads, and the Vedanta Sutras. Sri Shankara bases Vedas as an authority and Brahman as the only reality.
The voice of Shankara is quite authoritative among intelligentia. If His teachings were to be practised even a little bit, then we would not have these Adharmic politicians and the caste based mudslinging that we have today.
Is it a social mandate or a mandate by scriptures?
Why is it that one finds no mention of a Shankaracharya in the Ramayan and Mahabharat?
How authoritative is the voice of the Shankaracharya in Hindu society?
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Acharya Shankara's advent was well after the period of Ramayana or Mahabharatha. There cannot be any mention of it there, though Sri Shankaracharya does refer to Ramayana and Mahabharatha in his works.
Sri Shankara had an incisive logic to rip thru the misinterpretations about Sanathana Dharma and to clarify the true meaning of the Upanishads, and the Vedanta Sutras. Sri Shankara bases Vedas as an authority and Brahman as the only reality.
The voice of Shankara is quite authoritative among intelligentia. If His teachings were to be practised even a little bit, then we would not have these Adharmic politicians and the caste based mudslinging that we have today.