SHRIMAD GAUDAPADACHARYA MUTT SAUNSTHAN IS THE ONLY THE OLDEST MUTT IN THE WHOLE OF INDIA HAVING A LINEAGE OF 77 PONTIFFS. THE PRESENT REIGNING SHRIMAD SHIVANANDA SARASWATHI GAUDAPADACHARYA. PARAMAGURU SHRIMAD GAUDAPADACHARYA WAS BORN 2629 YEARS AGO IN THE YEAR 618 B.C(499+120+2010=2629). IT IS HE, WHO WROTE’BHASHYAS ‘ ON‘MANDUKYOPANISHAD ‘ A TREATISE ON AUM (OMKAR) ‘ WHICH IS TREATED AS A GATE WAY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY. IT IS HERE IN ONKARESHWAR’ RIVER NARMADA GEOGRAPHICALLY CARVED ITSELF AS ISLAND IN THE FORM OF’ AUM’ (ONKAR). IT IS AT ONKARESHWAR IN ‘VAIDURYAMANI PARVATHA ‘(HILL). GAUDAPADACHARYA DID THAPASYA AND SECURED SIDDHI WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO WRITE SUCH A MASTERPIECE AND OTHER WORKS TO HIS CREDIT. IT IS HERE ON THE BANKS OF RIVER NARMADA SACRED GAUDAPADA GUFA (CAVE) STILL EXISTS WHERE HE WAS IN SAMADHI STHAN . IT IS HERE IN THIS CAVE GOVINDA BHAGAVATPADA OUR SECOND YATHI GAVE ONLY SANYASA DEEKSHA TO SHANKARA WITH A TITLE ‘ACHARAYA ‘ IN THE YEAR 499 B.C. ( GAUDAPADA WAS 120 YEARS OLD WHEN SHANKARA MET HIM THERE ). IT IS HERE IN THIS CAVE, GOVINDA BHAGAVATPADA GOT ‘ SHIVAIKHYA’ ON KARTIK POORNIMA DAY IN PLAVANGA SAMVATSAR IN 492 B.C. IT IS HERE. ADJASCENT TO THIS CAVE OVER THE SAMADHI OF GOVINDA BHAGAVATPADA THE TEMPLE ONKARESHWAR WAS BUILT BY HARSHA VIKRAMADITYA IN THE SAME YEAR . OVER 150000 PILGRIMS GATHER HERE ON THIS KARTHIK POORNIMA DAY EVERY YEAR. ONKARESHWAR - MAMALESHWAR IS ONE OF THE DWADASHA JYOTHIRLINGAS. GOVINDA BHAGAVATHPADA AND PATHANJALI ARE IDENTICAL AND THE SAME ONE PERSON. IT IS PATHANJALI ASSUMED ( INCARNATED} THE NAME OF GOVINDA YOGI ( BHAGAVATHPADA) AT THE TIME OF HIS INITIATION BY GAUDAPADA ( HPB COLLECTED WRITINGS VOL 5 PAGE 192 / 193 ) . PATHANJALI GUFA ( CAVE ) IS THERE STILL EXISTS JUST AT A DISTANCE OF 300 FEET FROM ONKARESHWAR TEMPLE ( TAPOBHOOMI ONKA.IN BENGALI ) HENCE ONKARESHWAR IS THE HOLYEST PILGRIM CENTRE TO ALL SARASWATHS AND SHISHYAS OF GAUDAPADACHARYA PEETHAM. SWAMY VIVARANANANDA SARASWATHI GAUDAPADACHARYA THE PATTA SHISHYA OF GOVINDA BHAGAVATHPADA THE THIRD YATHI IN THIS PEETHAM LINEAGE.
SALUTATIONS/ GURUVANDANA OF SHANKARA TO GAUDAPADA ‘’ I PROSTRATE MYSELF AT THE FEET OF THE TEACHER OF MY TEACHER THE MOST ADORED AMONG THE ADORABLE WHO OUT OF SHEER COMPASSION FOR THE BEINGS DROWNED IN THE DEEP OCEAN OF THE WORLD INFESTED BY THE TERRIBLE SHARKS OF INCESSANT BIRTHS AND DEATHS THAT RESCUED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THIS NECTAR HARDLY ATTAINABLE EVEN BY IMMORTALS FROM THE INMOST DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN OF THE VEDAS BY CHURNING IT WITH THE ROD OF HIS ILLUMINED WISDOM. ‘’
SALUTATIONS/ GURUVANDANA OF SHANKARA TO GOVINDA BHAGAVATHPADA ‘’ I MAKE OBEISANCE WITH MY WHOLE BEING TO THOSE HOLY FEET - THE DISPELLERS OF THE FEAR OF CHAIN OF BIRTH AND DEATHS - OF MY OWN GREAT TEACHER WHO THROUGH THE LIGHT OF HIS ILLUMINED WISDOM DESTROYED THE DARKNESS OF DELUSION ENVELOPING MY MIND; WHO PUT AN END FOR EVER TO MY APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE IN THIS TERRIBLE OCEAN OF INNUMERABLE BIRTHS AND DEATHS; AND WHO ENABLES ALL OTHERS TOO THAT TAKE SHELTER AT HIS FEET TO ATTAIN UNFAILING KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCRIPTURES PEACE AND THE STATE OF PERFECT NON --DIFFERENTIATION. WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO GAUDAPADA . 1. .MANDUKYOPANISHAD 2. UTTARGEETHA VYAKHYA 3.PANCHIKARANA VARTHIKA 4 .NRISIMHA TAPANIYA BHASHYA 5. ANUGITHA BHASHYA 6. SHRI VIDYARATHNA SUTHRA 7. DURGA SAPTHA SHATHI VYAKHYA 8. SANKHYA KARIKA 9. SAMAYACHARA SUTHRA 10. SUBHAGODAYA . AND SO ON... WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO GOVINDAPADA 1 YOGA TARAVALI 2. ADVAITHANUBHUTHI 3 .BRAHMAMRITHA VARSHINI 4. RASAHRADAYAM. (….SPONTANEOUS ORAL TEACHINGS OF GAUDAPADA AND GOVINDAPADA ARE NOT ATTRIBUTED TO THEM IN THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCES) GAUDAPADA HAD WRITTEN COMMENTARIES ON HINDU PHILOSOPHY AND VEDANTHA------WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREATEST AUTHORITY EVEN BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES. . SANKHYA KARIKAS OF GAUDAPADA WERE OF SO MUCH OF IMPACT SO MUCH SO THAT IT WAS TRANSLATED IN TO CHINESE LANGUAGE BY ONE BOUDDHA BHIKSHU PARAMARTHA AS EARLY AS DURING THE REIGN OF CHANG DYNASTY. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECORDS OF MAJORITY OF SHANKARA MUTTS AND OTHER EVIDENCES THE DATE OF BIRTH OF SHANKARA IS AS UNIVERSALLY SCHOLARS ACCEPTED : NANDANA SAMVATSAR VAISHAKHA SHUKLA PANCHAMI BHASKARA VASARE PUNARVASU STAR THE SUNDAY 3rd APRIL 509 B.C. WHICH PERFECTLY TALLIES WITH THE DATE ASSIGNED IN BRIHAT SHANKARA VIJAYA OF CHITSUKHACHARYA THE LIFE TIME COMPANION OF SHANKARA .
KANCHI SRI JAYENDRA SARASWATHI s STATEMENT: Adi Sankara birthdate row ends
Author: PTI
Publication: The Telegraph
Date: January 21, 2003
URL: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030121/asp/nation/story_1593957.asp
Putting an end to controversy, sankaracharyas across the country today unanimously accepted April 3, 509 BC as Adi Sankaras exact date of birth.
Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Dwarka Jyotirmath, Badrinath Govardhanpeeth and Puri unanimously accepted the date and said there was no need for debate on the subject.
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