It said that the world of humans & non-humans is not separate from Brahman. The core or the crux of the Advaita is that the Brahman is the ultimate reality and rest of the universe is just an illusion created by God. The Advaita Vedanta believes that although there are multiple human bodies on earth, yet all of them have 1 god or divine in them. The I of “Who Am I” is the true self or the divine creator which if often referred to a Brahman, says Advaita maxim. Thus, he was successful in uniting & formulating the key principles of Hinduism.Īdi Shankaracharya – Beliefs, Philosophies and TeachingsĪdvaita Vedanta or Non-dualism works on the epitome to repeat the truth of the realism of one’s vital divine self and to scrap one’s belief of being a fixed human with a name and form subject to earthly changes. Advaita meaning the non-dualism of humans. His focus was always on the core philosophy of Vedanta i.e. The 1 st Shankara always focused on worshiping by the guidelines of Vedas & therefore modernized various forms of indiscriminate sacred rituals and rites into acceptable norms and policies. Shankara was a storehouse of knowledge who studied deeply about the beliefs of various sections of the society.

He had the complete knowledge of all the epics and Puranas which he learned from the local gurukul and practiced them extensively. He was an extraordinary personality that mastered all the Hindu Vedas and the 6 Vedangas. Many Hindu scripts say that Lord Shiva came to the dreams of Aryamba and promised her that he would reincarnate as her 1 st child.Īdi Shankaracharya was hailed as ‘ Eka-Sruti-Dara’, which means the one can remember anything that has just been read once.

Since he was born after a long time to his parents, his birth was nothing less than an occasion and blessing of God on the couple. His father was Sivaguru and mother was Aryamba.

The village is now in the South Indian coastal state of Kerala along the banks of the river Purna which is now called the Periyar river. He was born in a village called Kaladi in a Brahmin family.

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