Frasi di Śaṅkara

Saṅkara, Śaṅkarācārya, Śaṃkara, anche Adi Shankara o, nell'adattamento anglosassone, Shankara , è stato un teologo e filosofo indiano, nonché il fondatore della scuola dell'advaitavedānta .

Vissuto tra il VII e l'VIII secolo e.v. ebbe una profonda influenza nello sviluppo dell'induismo attraverso la sua teologia non dualistica.Durante la sua vita si dedicò anche alla redazione di commentari sulle Upaniṣad vediche, sul Brahmasūtra e sulla Bhagavadgītā. Ha difeso la grandezza e l'importanza delle sacre scritture induiste, le Śruti, ossia la letteratura vedica, ridando nuova linfa all'induismo nel momento in cui il buddhismo e il giainismo stavano diffondendo le proprie dottrine, da lui considerate eterodosse. Wikipedia  

✵ 788 – 820
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Śaṅkara: Frasi in inglese

“Though he lives in the conditionings (Upadhis), he, the contemplative one, remains ever unconcerned with anything or he may move about like the wind, perfectly unattached.”

Origine: Atma Bodha (1987), p. 98-101: Quote nr. 52 - 54.
Contesto: Though he lives in the conditionings (Upadhis), he, the contemplative one, remains ever unconcerned with anything or he may move about like the wind, perfectly unattached.
On the destruction of the Upadhis, the contemplative one is totally absorbed in "Vishnu", the All-pervading Spirit, like water into water, space into space and light into light.
Realise That to be Brahman, the attainment of which leaves nothing more to be attained, the blessedness of which leaves no other blessing to be desired and the knowledge of which leaves nothing more to be known.

“All objects are pervaded by Brahman. All actions are possible because of Brahman”

Atma Bodha (1987)
Contesto: All objects are pervaded by Brahman. All actions are possible because of Brahman: therefore Brahman permeates everything as butter permeates milk.

p. 109: Quote nr. 59.

“Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with or opposed to ignorance.”

Origine: Atma Bodha (1987), p. 6: Quote nr. 3.
Contesto: Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with or opposed to ignorance. Knowledge does verily destroy ignorance as light destroys deep darkness.

“Brahman the Absolute alone is real; this world is transient (mithya is anirvachaneeya, cannot be defined, cannot be translated as unreal), but the jiva or the individual soul is not different from Brahman.”

Refer to current Sringeri Shankaracharya discourses in Telugu and Tamil (two different pravachans). Do not blindly translate "Mithya" as Unreal. Do not misrepresent what Adi Shankaracharya preached in Sanskrit to his students and world using useless English translations.
Alternative translation: Brahman is the only truth, the world is illusion, and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and individual self.
Translation in Global Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophy (2010), by N.K. Singh and A.P. Mishra, p. 16.

“I find that Shankara had grasped much of Vedantic truth, but that much was dark to him. I am bound to admit what he realised; I am not bound to exclude what he failed to realise.”

Sri Aurobindo,1910-1914, quoted from Sri Aurobindo, ., Nahar, S., Aurobindo, ., & Institut de recherches évolutives (Paris). India's rebirth: A selection from Sri Aurobindo's writing, talks and speeches. Paris: Institut de Recherches Evolutives. 3rd Edition (2000). https://web.archive.org/web/20170826004028/http://bharatvani.org/books/ir/IR_frontpage.htm

“It is not possible to speak with too much applause of so excellent a work.”

Sir William Jones, quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture. New Delhi: Pragun Publication.

“There is no Metaphysics superior to that of Shankara.”

Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) to Professor K. Satchidananda Murthy about Shankara's commentary. As quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture. New Delhi: Pragun Publication.

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