--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The first and original Shankara is Lord Shiva - the Adi > > > Shankara. Shankara in his lifetime was referred to as > > > Acharya Shree. > > > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > > Pardon... but how do you know this for sure? > > > One of my teachers, Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, a direct desciple of > Guru Dev, told me so. He's a pundit and a bhakta - very learned. > > > Are you suggesting it is incorrect to refer to Shankara as > > Adi Shankara? > > > No, not if you're a scholar or an author, but if you're a devotee, > you'd refer to the master as Acharya Shree or Guru Dev, and reserve > the Adi for Lord Shiva, the original Shankara. Most likely, devotees > during Shankaracharya's lifetime would have addressed him as 'Shree' > using their native language, probably a dialect of Malayam. >
My Preceptor, Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji has often referred to that great philosopher as Adi Shankara. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
