Adi Shankaracharya Comments

Adi Shankaracharya
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Adi Shankaracharya is a realised soul who spread the word of Advaita philosophy and Smartha Brahmins such as I follow his school of thought; His much admired philosophy is that God is within oneself, and to come in synch with one's soul is to find happiness which is tremendous in its innocence and purity. In the picture below, he is sitting on a carpet of flowers with a glow of fire beneath his head. If you find the fire within your soul, then the drudgery of everyday existence is like walking and sitting on flowers which soothe the soul when fresh and blooming.
Soundarya Lahari or The Waves of Beauty (that perhaps pervaded the austerity and creativity in the soul of Adi Shankaracharya and caused him sorrow in his Spartan existence as a realised soul)
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