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The thing you called relegion great shankaracharya not hindu and i make request to google dont put wrong history he was greatest buddhism scholar so plaese rewrite it and make the history right. Same as it's 106.66.28.64 ( talk) 20:21, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
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In the section "Renouncement of ritualism" please remove the errant ref tag inside the first Cite error: There are <ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the
help page). note. (bolded and italic below)
{{refn|group=note|name="ritualism"|Shankara, himself, had renounced all religious ritual acts.{{sfn|Potter|2008|p=16}}<br />For an example of Shankara's reasoning "why rites and ritual actions should be given up", see Karl Potter on p. 220;<br />Elsewhere, Shankara's ''Bhasya'' on various Upanishads repeat "give up rituals and rites", see for example [https://archive.org/stream/Brihadaranyaka.Upanishad.Shankara.Bhashya.by.Swami.Madhavananda#page/n375/mode/2up Shankara's Bhasya on Brihadaranyaka Upanishad] pp. 348–350, 754–757</ref>}}
Thanks 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 00:18, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Joshua Jonathan: There was already a section called "Life". I just made it top level. If you think the section called "Life" then you can either rename it "Hagiography" or remove unsourced material. Fail to understand why you had to revert the edit. Interested in hearing your views PastaMonk 13:52, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Joshua Jonathan: Someone like me who knows nothing about the subject also needs to know 1) If he is a living person 2) Is he someone who lived in the 19th or 20th century etc. I already know he is some kind of spiritual guru. That sentence "Adi Shankara was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya)." is not so helpful. I already know he was some kind of vedic scholar. This Wikipedia page only confused me further. That is what prompted me to make the "Life" section top level. Please see this page for guidance https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shankara . Why are you trying to make life more difficult for people who are trying to look something up in Wikipedia ? PastaMonk 15:27, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
Shankara (born 700?, Kaladi village?, India—died 750?, Kedarnath) philosopher and theologian, most renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy, from whose doctrines the main currents of modern Indian thought are derived.
from whose doctrines the main currents of modern Indian thought are derived- augh... Who wrote this? Mayeda, of all persons; he's brilliant, but this is incorrect.
@ Joshua Jonathan: So. Do we have agreement that you will stop being a serial reverter ? Shall assume silence as assent PastaMonk 18:35, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
That makes sense. Done diff. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 19:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Skyerise: Thank you for the edit. Agree with your decision. BTW, don't you think the section "early life" needs to be moved to the "biography" section. Digvijaya is a religious or moral victory. What does that have to do with his early life ? A previous editor seems to have put everything related to his life under "Digvijaya". It's confusing for people who know nothing about the subject. PastaMonk 10:54, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Vidyaranya was an influential Advaitin, and he created legends to turn Shankara, whose elevated philosophy had no appeal to gain widespread popularity, into a "divine folk-hero who spread his teaching through his digvijaya ("universal conquest") all over India like a victorious conqueror."
This page needs to be like other Wikipedia biographies. We can use pages like Valmiki, Kalidasa, Themistoclea as model. If nothing or very little is known about their life, early life, date of birth, death etc. we can state that in the biography section. PastaMonk 03:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
No, of course the "Early life" section should not be moved to the biography-section; it opens with the very clear statement "According to the oldest hagiographies".
@Joshua Jonathan Plz read this,
Another interesting prediction is that Lord Shiva, one of the great demigods, would appear in Kali-yuga as Shankaracharya. In the Padma Purana (6.236.5-12) Shiva explains to his wife, Parvati, that he will appear in the age of Kali to proclaim that the Buddhist doctrine is a false religion and illusory. He also said that he would propound the mayavada or impersonalist philosophy, emphasizing the indefinable nature of the Brahman, the great, impersonal spiritual force. He explained, "The philosophy of Maya (mayavada) is a wicked doctrine and is pseudo-Buddhist. In the form of a brahmana, I proclaim this doctrine in Kali-yuga. It makes the words of the holy Vedic texts meaningless and is condemned in the world. In this doctrine it recommends giving up one's duties of life [in order to be free of karma], which is said to be religiousness for those who have fallen from their duties. I will propound the identity of the Supreme Soul and the individual soul to be the [one and the same] Brahman in nature, without qualities. O goddess, I have conceived this mayavada (impersonalist) doctrine, which resembles a purport of the Ve das, for deluding people in this age of Kali [to mislead them toward atheism by denying the personal form of God]." 2409:4071:2104:311C:827B:8D73:BE76:E78 ( talk) 17:18, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
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The thing you called relegion great shankaracharya not hindu and i make request to google dont put wrong history he was greatest buddhism scholar so plaese rewrite it and make the history right. Same as it's 106.66.28.64 ( talk) 20:21, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
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In the section "Renouncement of ritualism" please remove the errant ref tag inside the first Cite error: There are <ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the
help page). note. (bolded and italic below)
{{refn|group=note|name="ritualism"|Shankara, himself, had renounced all religious ritual acts.{{sfn|Potter|2008|p=16}}<br />For an example of Shankara's reasoning "why rites and ritual actions should be given up", see Karl Potter on p. 220;<br />Elsewhere, Shankara's ''Bhasya'' on various Upanishads repeat "give up rituals and rites", see for example [https://archive.org/stream/Brihadaranyaka.Upanishad.Shankara.Bhashya.by.Swami.Madhavananda#page/n375/mode/2up Shankara's Bhasya on Brihadaranyaka Upanishad] pp. 348–350, 754–757</ref>}}
Thanks 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 00:18, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Joshua Jonathan: There was already a section called "Life". I just made it top level. If you think the section called "Life" then you can either rename it "Hagiography" or remove unsourced material. Fail to understand why you had to revert the edit. Interested in hearing your views PastaMonk 13:52, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Joshua Jonathan: Someone like me who knows nothing about the subject also needs to know 1) If he is a living person 2) Is he someone who lived in the 19th or 20th century etc. I already know he is some kind of spiritual guru. That sentence "Adi Shankara was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya)." is not so helpful. I already know he was some kind of vedic scholar. This Wikipedia page only confused me further. That is what prompted me to make the "Life" section top level. Please see this page for guidance https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shankara . Why are you trying to make life more difficult for people who are trying to look something up in Wikipedia ? PastaMonk 15:27, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
Shankara (born 700?, Kaladi village?, India—died 750?, Kedarnath) philosopher and theologian, most renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy, from whose doctrines the main currents of modern Indian thought are derived.
from whose doctrines the main currents of modern Indian thought are derived- augh... Who wrote this? Mayeda, of all persons; he's brilliant, but this is incorrect.
@ Joshua Jonathan: So. Do we have agreement that you will stop being a serial reverter ? Shall assume silence as assent PastaMonk 18:35, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
That makes sense. Done diff. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 19:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
@ Skyerise: Thank you for the edit. Agree with your decision. BTW, don't you think the section "early life" needs to be moved to the "biography" section. Digvijaya is a religious or moral victory. What does that have to do with his early life ? A previous editor seems to have put everything related to his life under "Digvijaya". It's confusing for people who know nothing about the subject. PastaMonk 10:54, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Vidyaranya was an influential Advaitin, and he created legends to turn Shankara, whose elevated philosophy had no appeal to gain widespread popularity, into a "divine folk-hero who spread his teaching through his digvijaya ("universal conquest") all over India like a victorious conqueror."
This page needs to be like other Wikipedia biographies. We can use pages like Valmiki, Kalidasa, Themistoclea as model. If nothing or very little is known about their life, early life, date of birth, death etc. we can state that in the biography section. PastaMonk 03:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
No, of course the "Early life" section should not be moved to the biography-section; it opens with the very clear statement "According to the oldest hagiographies".
@Joshua Jonathan Plz read this,
Another interesting prediction is that Lord Shiva, one of the great demigods, would appear in Kali-yuga as Shankaracharya. In the Padma Purana (6.236.5-12) Shiva explains to his wife, Parvati, that he will appear in the age of Kali to proclaim that the Buddhist doctrine is a false religion and illusory. He also said that he would propound the mayavada or impersonalist philosophy, emphasizing the indefinable nature of the Brahman, the great, impersonal spiritual force. He explained, "The philosophy of Maya (mayavada) is a wicked doctrine and is pseudo-Buddhist. In the form of a brahmana, I proclaim this doctrine in Kali-yuga. It makes the words of the holy Vedic texts meaningless and is condemned in the world. In this doctrine it recommends giving up one's duties of life [in order to be free of karma], which is said to be religiousness for those who have fallen from their duties. I will propound the identity of the Supreme Soul and the individual soul to be the [one and the same] Brahman in nature, without qualities. O goddess, I have conceived this mayavada (impersonalist) doctrine, which resembles a purport of the Ve das, for deluding people in this age of Kali [to mislead them toward atheism by denying the personal form of God]." 2409:4071:2104:311C:827B:8D73:BE76:E78 ( talk) 17:18, 21 April 2024 (UTC)