Osho on Shankaracharya

192 discourses in which Osho speaks about Shankaracharya, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

Bhaj Govindam #6 · 102 mentions · 16 November 1975
“But there was a compulsion, and Shankara had to debate; because before debate there was no way to prepare the ground for dialogue.”
The Great Transcendence #6: Truth is not a debate · 101 mentions · 16 November 1975
“But there was no other alternative for Shankara.”
Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #14: Action, Inaction and Non-Action · 70 mentions · 2 October 1970
“Shankara's definition of action is a partisan's definition.”
Krishna Smriti #14 · 60 mentions · 2 October 1970
“Shankara’s definition is the definition of a partisan.”
Bin Ghan Parat Phuhar #6 · 38 mentions · 6 October 1975
“Not only Jesus is running from fools; Buddha runs, Shankara runs as well.”
And Now, And Here #13: Science of the Esoteric · 32 mentions · 4 August 1970
“A normal raja yogi dies at a young age like Vivekananda or Shankaracharya, but not a hatha yogi.”
Jyun Macchali Bin Neer #2 · 31 mentions · 22 September 1980
“Shankaracharya defines—and that alone reveals a certain scholarly entanglement.”
From Personality to Individuality #19: Hell hath no fury like a Christian scorned · 26 mentions · 17 January 1985
“I am reminded of a beautiful story of Shankara's life.”
The Great Transcendence #1: Always Sing the Song of the Divine · 25 mentions · 11 November 1975
“Shankara wrote the first verse of this sweet song when he was passing through a village and saw an old man memorizing the rules of grammar.”
Zen: The Mystery and The Poetry of the Beyond #1: Leaving the mind far behind · 25 mentions · 8 January 1989
“I have always wondered about so-called great philosophers, for example Adi Shankara, who has been thought by the Indians to be the greatest mind in the whole history of man.”
The Great Transcendence #9: The Mirror of Misery · 22 mentions · 19 November 1975
“You can understand this last sutra of Shankara only if you keep in mind that religion is the ultimate freedom.”
Bhaj Govindam #9 · 22 mentions · 19 November 1975
“If you keep this in mind, Shankara’s final sutras can be understood.”
Bhaj Govindam #1 · 20 mentions · 11 November 1975
“Shankara composed the first verse of this sweet song as he was passing through a village.”
Jyun Tha Tyun Thaharaya #10 · 19 mentions · 20 September 1980
“Whether I come to Kutch or not—will that answer what I have said about Shankaracharya?”
Rahiman Dhaga Prem Ka #3 · 19 mentions · 29 March 1980
“Yes, if you ask the Shankaracharya of Puri, you will surely get an answer—because what other use is a Shankaracharya?”
The Great Transcendence #8: The World is a School · 18 mentions · 18 November 1975
“"When Shankara was very young his mother did not give him permission to take sannyas."”
Bhaj Govindam #4 · 18 mentions · 14 November 1975
“Shankara is a hidden Buddhist, a hidden Jain, a hidden Muslim as well; just as Buddha is a hidden Hindu, a hidden Jain, a hidden Christian; and just as Christ is a hidden Hindu, a hidden Muslim, a hidden Buddhist too.”
Jo Bole To Hari Katha #5 · 18 mentions · 25 July 1980
“Shankaracharya traversed the whole country.”
The Great Transcendence #4: Every Step Is The Destination · 17 mentions · 14 November 1975
“Shankara is a hidden Buddhist, a hidden Jaina, a hidden Mohammedan, in the same way as Buddha is a hidden Hindu, a hidden Jaina, a hidden Christian -- and in the same way as Christ is a hidden Hindu, a hidden Mohammedan, a hidden Buddhist.”
The Guest #2: The time has come to be free · 16 mentions · 27 April 1979
“Shankara remains confined to the self.”
From Misery to Enlightenment #7: Politics brings out the beast in you · 15 mentions · 4 February 1985
“Can't you talk about Buddha, Bodhidharma Nagarjuna, Shankara, Parshwanath, Mahavira, Vasubandhu?”
Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest #8: Like the tongue of a dead man · 15 mentions · 4 July 1988
“Just today I have received a letter from the Shankaracharya of Puri saying that he wants a debate with me.”
Bin Ghan Parat Phuhar #3 · 14 mentions · 3 October 1975
“That is why the wise—like Shankara—say the world is maya, illusion.”
Kaivalya Upanishad #9 · 14 mentions · 29 March 1972
“Shankara took sannyas very young.”
Guida Spirituale #2: Going Essential · 13 mentions · 27 August 1980
“The Shankaracharya has no experience of meditation at all, otherwise he would not have spoken this way.”
The Golden Future #5: Just a little knack of losing yourself · 12 mentions · 24 April 1987
“Just the other day one of the great Hindu religious leaders, equivalent to the pope of the Catholics, Shankaracharya Svarupananda, was here for a few days.”
Es Dhammo Sanantano #118 · 12 mentions · 8 December 1977
“You may be surprised to know: there is not much difference between Karl Marx and Shankaracharya.”
Sanch Sanch So Sanch #10 · 12 mentions · 30 January 1981
“Shankaracharya says, “Virtuous conduct.””
One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green #4: One wonders · 11 mentions · 16 January 1989
“Reviewing it, the editor of the ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY has compared me with Adi Shankara.”
Kahe Hot Adheer #4 · 11 mentions · 15 September 1979
“Adi Shankaracharya was not borrowed, but those who sit on his seats today are.”
Satyam Shivam Sundram #10: Only the meditators comes to know his whole being · 10 mentions · 11 November 1987
“Adi Shankara, the founder of a systematic, philosophical system for the Hindus, died at the age of thirty three.”
The Last Testament, Vol 4 #26 · 10 mentions · 5 December 1985
“In the East we had a great tradition; when Shankara came to Mandan Mishra -- Mandan Mishra was one of the great philosophers of this age, old, of the age of Shankara's father, and Shankara was only thirty -- he came and he asked outside the village the girls w…”
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #6: Devices to transcend dreaming · 10 mentions · 6 October 1972
“Unfortunately, when Shankara was translated into English, German and French, into Western languages, he was understood to be just a philosopher.”
Walk Without Feet, Fly Without Wings and Think Without Mind #2: First Taste Your Own Being · 10 mentions · 2 January 1978
“What Buddha knows, Shankaracharya knows.”
Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #3 · 10 mentions · 3 August 1980
“Shankaracharya heavily criticized Buddha—deeply.”
The Great Challenge #9: The unknown life of Jesus · 9 mentions
“You may have heard the story about Shankara's great debate with Mandan Mishra, the great Indian scholar of dualism.”
The Osho Upanishad #2: The Master: making your life an orchestra · 9 mentions · 17 August 1986
“Even a Shankaracharya will go through the gate, not through the wall -- and his whole life he will try to prove that the wall is an illusion, that it only appears to be, but it is not there.”
Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest #14: Kwatz! · 9 mentions · 10 July 1988
“The whole credit goes to that old goat of Puri, the Shankaracharya.”
Es Dhammo Sanantano #54 · 9 mentions · 5 April 1976
“Thus it has happened at times that someone like Shankaracharya attained, by thirty, such understanding and experience as an ordinary man would not attain even in three hundred years.”
Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #11 · 9 mentions
“Then there is a person like Shankara—he too returns knowing from there.”
Jin Sutra #4 · 9 mentions · 14 May 1976
“The friend who asked knows only the ascetic traditions of the Hindus—Shankara—and the Jains—Mahavira—and Gautama Buddha.”
Peevat Ramras Lagi Khumari #10 · 9 mentions · 20 January 1981
“Sahajanand, Shankaracharya did not really answer the questions; he simply revealed his own state of mind.”
Sahaj Samadhi Bhali #4 · 9 mentions · 24 July 1974
“Shankara uses fullness.”
From Ignorance to Innocence #20: Surrender: the ego upside down · 8 mentions · 19 December 1984
“You could move from being a follower of Shankaracharya and you could become a follower of Vallabhacharya, another spiritual head, a contemporary of Shankaracharya's and against Shankaracharya.”
Philosophia Ultima #9: Silently Blissful, Blissfully Silent · 8 mentions · 19 December 1980
“There have been people like Shankaracharya who say that the outer world is illusory, MAYA.”
The Great Transcendence #2: The Attraction of the Transient · 8 mentions · 12 November 1975
“Shankaracharya is talking about knowledge so that the layers of ignorance collected within you may be cleared away.”
The Great Transcendence #3: Aloneness Through Satsang · 8 mentions · 13 November 1975
“These sutras of Shankara are not meant to help you understand detachment, they explain to you the uselessness of attachment.”
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #35: Turning inward toward the real · 8 mentions · 24 February 1973
“This is a rare technique, one not much used, but one of the greatest teachers in India, Shankara, has used it, and Shankara has based his whole philosophy on this technique.”
Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #6 · 8 mentions · 6 August 1980
“Just the day before yesterday I received a letter from a friend: he went to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Maharishi told him, “I am part of the tradition; my roots reach back to Shankaracharya.”
Bin Bati Bin Tel #1 · 8 mentions · 21 June 1974
“Shankara and the Vedantins speak of non-difference, and Mahavira of difference.”
Ek Omkar Satnam #13 · 8 mentions · 3 December 1974
“Nanak separates out the sting within maya—the flavor of condemnation—and he opens the secret that Shankara could not.”
Mrityoma Amritam Gamaya #3 · 8 mentions · 3 August 1979
“Read Shankara first, and he paints the Gita in his color.”
Prabhu Mandir Ke Dwar Par #6 · 8 mentions · 10 June 1969
“If the Shankaracharya of Puri says it, you oppose him.”
Prem Panth Aiso Kathin #15 · 8 mentions · 10 April 1979
“For example, the story of Shankara—Shankaracharya—who became a witness at the age of nine.”
Ramnam Janyo Nahin #7 · 8 mentions · 17 March 1981
“Even Shankaracharya, who speaks of Brahman, accepts the soul; he cannot muster the courage to allow it to vanish utterly.”
Samadhi Ke Sapat Dwar #7 · 8 mentions · 12 February 1973
“But Shankara could find thousands of sannyasins—and today almost all monks are, more or less, Shankara’s.”
Sanch Sanch So Sanch #2 · 8 mentions · 22 January 1981
“Shankaracharya’s sutra is right: Kasyāsti nāśe manaso hi mokṣaḥ.”
Tao Upanishad #92 · 8 mentions · 24 January 1975
“In Shankaracharya’s life there is a mention.”
No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity #1: To create a few more rainbows · 7 mentions · 26 December 1988
“He has praised it, and he has said that after Adi Shankara -- the most famous Hindu philosopher -- I am the second as far as intellectual, rational, spiritual authenticity is concerned.”
The Great Transcendence #5: The Bondage of Hope · 7 mentions · 15 November 1975
“These sutras of Shankara are most subtle gestures of renunciation and detachment.”
The Great Zen Master Ta Hui #9: Illusion · 7 mentions · 19 July 1987
“Before I go into his sutras, I am reminded of a beautiful incident about the Adi Shankaracharya, the first shankaracharya, who established four temples -- the four seats of shankaracharyas for all the four directions.”
The Transmission of the Lamp #5: The very foundation for one world · 7 mentions · 28 May 1986
“It became such a phenomenon -- it has not happened anywhere else in the world -- that Shankara will write a commentary on Krishna, then Shankara's commentary itself becomes a question -- what does he mean?”
The True Name, Vol 2 #3: Birds Don't Go To College · 7 mentions · 3 December 1974
“The mystery that Shankara himself could not unfold, Nanak has revealed.”
Zarathustra: The Laughing Prophet #3: Of scholars · 7 mentions · 9 April 1987
“I will tell you one incident in the life of a great philosopher that India has produced -- Shankaracharya, the first Adi Shankaracharya.”
Bhaj Govindam #5 · 7 mentions · 15 November 1975
“These aphorisms of Shankara are the subtlest gestures toward renunciation and dispassion.”
Es Dhammo Sanantano #43 · 7 mentions · 25 March 1976
“The sannyas I speak of goes beyond even Shankaracharya’s nonduality.”
Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #5 · 7 mentions
“In this land we made a unique experiment: Krishna spoke the Gita and Arjuna listened; then again and again, Shankara came, Ramanuja came, Nimbarka came, Vallabha came—and offered fresh commentaries.”
Geeta Darshan Vol. 13 #8 · 7 mentions
“Shankara writes a commentary.”
Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #21 · 7 mentions · 29 September 1969
“Shankara says the whole world is unreal; there is no truth in the world.”
Mahaveer Vani #38 · 7 mentions · 26 August 1973
“Until we enter that home—which Mahavira calls Moksha, which Shankara calls Brahman, which Jesus called the Kingdom of God—until we enter that house, life remains a restless and sorrowful pilgrimage.”
Tao Upanishad #62 · 7 mentions · 28 November 1972
“I have heard: a man went to meet the Shankaracharya of Puri.”
Beyond Enlightenment #19: The future belongs to the creative man · 6 mentions · 21 October 1986
“One of my professors had written his doctoral thesis on Shankara and Bradley.”
From Unconciousness to Consciousness #20: You Cannot Manufacture Enlightenment · 6 mentions · 18 November 1984
“Shankara, Ramanuja, Vallabha, Nimbaraka, and hundreds of others down the ages have claimed that they are the world teachers.”
The Great Transcendence #7: The Song of Life · 6 mentions · 17 November 1975
“These sentences of Shankara are very important.”
The Great Transcendence #10: One Moment Is Sufficient · 6 mentions · 20 November 1975
“When Shankara said whole, the emptiness was included in it.”
The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #2: The mysterious original current -- Tao · 6 mentions · 20 June 1971
“It is alright as far as Mahavira goes, for he says that he accepts duality but Shankara, who was a staunch upholder of Monism, also talks of Maya (Illusion) and Brahma (The Universal Spirit), because it is not possible to talk otherwise.”
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 2 #40: All and nothing mean the same · 6 mentions · 8 November 1973
“Shankara doesn't feel affinity with the negative.”
Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt #4: The clouds never make any commotion · 6 mentions · 15 July 1988
“Maneesha, before I enter into your tremendously significant anecdotes, I have to reply again to the old goat of Puri, the Shankaracharya.”
Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt #7: Life is not a dictionary · 6 mentions · 18 July 1988
“Secondly: all over India, the progressive and intelligent newspapers and magazines have supported my statements against the Shankaracharya of Puri.”
Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-Mind #14: Mind with a small m · 6 mentions · 25 June 1988
“Write to the Nobel Prize committee that this old goat, the Shankaracharya of Puri, needs a Nobel Prize.”
Bhaj Govindam #7 · 6 mentions · 17 November 1975
“These words of Shankara are very important.”
Bhaj Govindam #10 · 6 mentions · 20 November 1975
“And when Shankara said fullness, it did not mean that emptiness is not included in it.”
Bin Ghan Parat Phuhar #5 · 6 mentions · 5 October 1975
“Shankara called nirvana purna—fullness.”
Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #1 · 6 mentions
“Hence Shankara insists: the world is maya, a dream.”
Kan Thore Kankar Ghane #3 · 6 mentions · 13 May 1977
“Therefore the words of Buddha, of Shankaracharya, of Mahavira can be harmonized.”
Krishna Smriti #2 · 6 mentions · 26 September 1970
“If Shankara interprets Krishna, it is an opposite kind of man interpreting him.”
Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #6 · 6 mentions · 20 September 1969
“This is exactly what Shankara means by maya.”
Main Mrityu Sikhata Hun #13 · 6 mentions · 4 August 1970
“Vivekananda dies; Shankaracharya dies; the hatha yogi does not.”
Mare He Jogi Maro #12 · 6 mentions · 5 June 1974
“You’ll be surprised to know that the Shankaracharyas’ disputes are fought in the courts—to decide who the real Shankaracharya is!”
Mrityoma Amritam Gamaya #8 · 6 mentions · 8 August 1979
“Shankaracharya, having bathed at Kashi’s ghats in the Brahma-muhurta before dawn, was climbing the steps when a shudra touched him.”
Prabhu Mandir Ke Dwar Par #1 · 6 mentions · 8 June 1969
“A Shankaracharya was with me.”
Santo Magan Bhaya Man Mera #10 · 6 mentions · 21 May 1978
“Then Shankaracharya called out.”
Tao Upanishad #54 · 6 mentions · 18 August 1972
“For we have produced Shankara; and it seems difficult to find a greater nondualist than Shankara.”
From Sex to Superconsciousness #4: Sex, the super-atom · 5 mentions · 30 September 1968
“Assuming that children easily remember tales of broken things or of battles, he asked a simple question: "Tell me, children, who broke the bow of Shankara?"”
From Unconciousness to Consciousness #3: Godliness, but there is no God · 5 mentions · 1 November 1984
“He was an authority on Bradley and Shankara.”
The Last Testament, Vol 2 #22 · 5 mentions · 12 September 1985
“…, it would have been immediately prevented, but without his knowledge the invitation came to me and my friend's letter that, "The Shankaracharya does not know about it, but you have to come, because your presence will make a difference; otherwise, all those Hi…”
The Osho Upanishad #25: Listening lets the heart decide · 5 mentions · 12 September 1986
“he was an expert, a world-famous expert on Bosanquet and Bradley and Shankara.”
The Osho Upanishad #42: Be a seeker, not a believer · 5 mentions · 30 September 1986
“I had to teach Shankara, Bradley, Kant -- and I don't agree with these people, so I made it clear to my students: "For half an hour I will go into the minutest detail of Shankara's philosophy, unprejudiced, remaining absolutely aloof, and then in the remaining…”
The Sword and the Lotus #19: A simple thank you · 5 mentions · 9 February 1986
“But the whole of India believes in it, even people like the great philosopher Adi Shankara, who founded an order of sannyasins.”
The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 2 #8: Questions and Answers · 5 mentions · 8 July 1972
“This is what Shankara says is MAYA -- illusion.”
Theologia Mystica #13: Neither This Nor That · 5 mentions · 23 August 1980
“Shankaracharya says God is one, he is non-duality, he is oneness.”
Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen #16: All Moons In The One Moon · 5 mentions · 10 May 1980
“Shankara interprets it in one way, Nimbarka in another, Ramanuja still in a different way, and so on and so forth.”
Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt #3: Osho! · 5 mentions · 14 July 1988
“Maneesha, before I enter into the mysteries of Zen, I have received a threat from that old goat, the Shankaracharya of Puri.”
Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-Mind #11: Zen is not a retail shop -- it is wholesale · 5 mentions · 22 June 1988
“Just a few days ago the Shankaracharya of Puri -- I'm an old, intimate enemy of his -- asked the Indian government that the ancient sati pratha should be legalized!”
Geeta Darshan Vol. 5 #7 · 5 mentions
“Shankara says the world is maya—maya meaning, it is not.”
Jyun Macchali Bin Neer #7 · 5 mentions · 27 September 1980
“Shankaracharya finds jnana-yoga in the Gita; Ramanujacharya, bhakti-yoga; Bal Gangadhar Tilak, karma-yoga.”
Kaivalya Upanishad #6 · 5 mentions · 28 March 1972
“This is why for a seer like Shankara the world appears as maya.”
Kaivalya Upanishad #8 · 5 mentions · 29 March 1972
“Like Shankara.”
Krishna Smriti #12 · 5 mentions · 1 October 1970
“This does not happen only with Mahavira; it also happens with Buddha, with Christ, with Mohammed, with Rama, with Shankara.”
Krishna Smriti #22 · 5 mentions · 28 September 1970
“Thirdly, you said that Shankaracharya too took sannyas out of bliss.”
Naye Samaj Ki Khoj #6 · 5 mentions · 15 October 1969
“If you look very closely, there is no difference between Nagarjuna’s emptiness and Shankara’s maya; they are one and the same.”
Sanch Sanch So Sanch #7 · 5 mentions · 27 January 1981
“When a golden summit rises in the land, we say, “The land of Mahavira, Buddha, Shankaracharya!””
Saravsar Upanishad #11 · 5 mentions · 13 January 1972
“When we say the world is maya, or when Shankara says the world is maya, it does not mean the world is not; it only means the world is such that it will not remain forever.”
Tao Upanishad #78 · 5 mentions · 11 August 1973
“We heard Shankara: the ultimate truth—he said, “The whole world is maya.””
Vysat Jeevan Main Ishwar Ki Khoj #2 · 5 mentions · 15 April 1969
“Just now the Shankaracharya came to Patna.”
A Bird on the Wing #4: Have a Cup of Tea · 4 mentions · 13 June 1974
“Because of this Shankara had to talk about maya and illusion.”
Books I Have Loved #5 · 4 mentions
“I have always wanted to speak of Shankaracharya -- the first, not the present one -- the original Shankaracharya, the Shankaracharya.”
Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #12: Discipline, Devotion and Krishna · 4 mentions · 1 October 1970
“On the other hand Shankara uses the positive way, he calls it the supreme, the brahman, the whole.”
Om Mani Padme Hum #13: Reality is indivisible · 4 mentions · 27 December 1987
“I am reminded of a great Indian mystic, Adi Shankara.”
Revolution in Education #8: The Light of Disbelief · 4 mentions · 14 August 1969
“Whatsoever is written in the scriptures about the moon is right - even the Shankaracharya says such things!”
The Invitation #5: To hell with enlightenment! · 4 mentions · 23 August 1987
“He invited me many times to his home to discuss his doctoral thesis, which had been accepted by Cambridge University -- he was working on the philosophy of Bradley in comparison to Shankara.”
The Mustard Seed: My Most Loved Gospel on Jesus #5: The Strangest of Saying · 4 mentions · 25 August 1974
“It happened to Shankaracharya: he was in Benaras, and one morning he went to take his ritual bath in the Ganges, thinking -- the old brahmin type of mind -- that the Ganges can make you pure.”
The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 1 #9: What can Man Offer? · 4 mentions · 23 February 1972
“That's why Shankara could say it is an illusion.”
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 #21: Three looking techniques · 4 mentions · 14 December 1972
“That is why a Shankara or a Nagarjuna says the whole world is illusory; they have known it so.”
Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt #8: Let my name be traveler · 4 mentions · 19 July 1988
“But there are idiots, like the Shankaracharya of Puri, who think that brahmins are superior.”
Anahad Mein Bisram #1 · 4 mentions · 11 November 1980
“Even a person like Shankaracharya—whom Indians consider the summit of Vedanta—when a Shudra touched him, he got angry.”
Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #37 · 4 mentions · 27 March 1978
“Shankara’s genius was astonishing!”
Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #39 · 4 mentions · 29 March 1978
“There is a famous tale: Shankaracharya went to debate the great scholar Mandan Mishra.”
Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #2 · 4 mentions · 2 August 1980
“Your avatars, tirthankaras, your Shankaracharyas—all get caught in this net, because all who said “the world is illusion”—whether Mahavira, Buddha, or Shankaracharya—kept saying “maya,” yet still had to beg for food.”
Es Dhammo Sanantano #80 · 4 mentions · 9 April 1977
“And by following them, Shankaracharya introduced non-householder sannyas into the Hindu fold.”
Es Dhammo Sanantano #98 · 4 mentions · 7 June 1977
“Those who revered Buddha opposed Shankaracharya.”
Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #3 · 4 mentions
“Are these the sannyasins Mahavira, Buddha, and Shankaracharya envisioned?”
Koplen Phir Phoot Aayeen #10 · 4 mentions · 8 August 1986
“The Shankaracharya who had convened it wanted to meet me separately.”
Mahaveer Vani #46 · 4 mentions · 3 September 1973
“Shankaracharya did have Hindu renunciates shave—because Shankaracharya borrowed the greater part of his method from the Buddhists.”
Naye Samaj Ki Khoj #14 · 4 mentions
“The Shankaracharya of Puri was staying in Delhi.”
Preetam Chhabi Nainan Basee #13 · 4 mentions · 23 March 1980
“From Shankaracharya to Vinoba Bhave, they are all busy with one campaign: Save Mother Cow!”
Prem Nadi Ke Teera #7 · 4 mentions
“And these people are of the same stature as Shankaracharya.”
Ramnam Janyo Nahin #6 · 4 mentions · 16 March 1981
“I do not accept that Mahavira, Buddha, Shankaracharya, and Nagarjuna did well by abandoning life.”
Ramnam Janyo Nahin #9 · 4 mentions · 19 March 1981
“And Shankaracharya is an outright thief, because what he says is exactly what Buddha said.”
Tao Upanishad #2 · 4 mentions · 20 June 1971
“As for Shankara—he does not admit duality, yet without speaking of maya and Brahman nothing works.”
Books I Have Loved #15 · 3 mentions
“The book is by Shankaracharya -- not the present fool, but Adi Shankaracharya, the original one.”
From Personality to Individuality #8: Rajneeshism: womb for transformation · 3 mentions · 6 January 1985
“"But," I said, "you may be willing to throw out Jesus Christ because you are not a Christian, so let me remind you how old Shankara, the greatest Hindu philosopher was.”
Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing #3: Truth cannot be sought · 3 mentions · 23 October 1974
“It happened differently to Shankara.”
I Am That #9: Both and More · 3 mentions · 19 October 1980
“And Shankara and Berkeley, they say the external is illusory, the internal is the only truth.”
I Am That #13: Prayer Simply Happens · 3 mentions · 23 October 1980
“Somebody is trying to conquer the world -- a man like Alexander -- and somebody else is trying to renounce the world -- the man like Shankara.”
Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #2: Krishna is Complete and whole · 3 mentions · 26 September 1970
“If Shankara interprets Krishna, he is bound to misinterpret him; he is the antithesis of Krishna.”
Light on the Path #22: The real remains silent · 3 mentions · 26 January 1986
“Two of the persons in the history of philosophy -- Shankara in India and Bradley in England -- have worked on the idea very deeply, and both have come to the conclusion that the absolute, the ultimate, or whatever name you give to it, is perfect.”
Light on the Path #36: Enlightenment: the by-product of being in the present · 3 mentions · 11 February 1986
“Roy, had written a doctoral thesis on Bradley and Shankara -- both are absolutists, both believe in perfection.”
Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy #11: What is the Soul? · 3 mentions
“One can define in any way; Mahavira defines in one way and Shankara is going to define in another way, because all definitions are equally false or true.”
Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy #17: The Manifestations of Prana in the Seven Bodies · 3 mentions
“Buddha speaks the language of nonbeing, of the outgoing breath, so he says, "Nothingness is the reality"; while Shankara speaks the language of being and says that the Brahman is the ultimate reality.”

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