Teacher · c. 800 CE

Ādi Śaṅkara and Advaita

Kerala to the Himalaya

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A wider world

The moment

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A young philosopher taught that the self (ātman) and ultimate reality (Brahman) are one. Tradition says he walked the length of India and founded monasteries at its four corners.

People: Ādi Śaṅkara