Truth is ONE. Why so much Divisiveness? Advaita vs. Vishishta Advaita vs. Dvaita

[@who_theme]

The " all i see is water " point got me thinking through 🤯

[@yonadel347]

Different path’s, one goal. Thank you Guruji for simplifying the knots of ignorance.

[@ratipati2007]

How do you know goal is one? Goal tought in these three schools are not the same per se. Who are you to say otherwise?

[@qwertyuiopasdsdfghjklzmxncbv12]

All are different bro.. Other than Shankara others stress on bhakti and saguna Bramha..

[@shivamgoswami3628]

@@qwertyuiopasdsdfghjklzmxncbv12 he is not talking about Saguna Nirguna, if you go beyond Brahma Jyoti then you are not going to come again in the material world.

[@Gghcvgggy]

​@@qwertyuiopasdsdfghjklzmxncbv12 ALL there realizes satchinananda only. You cant realize anything except satchinananda in different aspect ...so Thats how the goal is same

[@LEONARDO-xs2ke]

Shankara is correct

[@aumsath3620]

Excellent talk. This is a delicate topic. My thoughts are that we, as sadhakas, must practice the common ideals suggested by the different sampradayas. Yama, Niyama, Bhakti, Vyragya, karma, waking up at Brahma Muhurtha, pancha bhutas, jnanendriya, Swadhyaya, Shreyas-Preyas, Surya Namaskar, Yoga ... are some of them that are common to all traditions. Lets not bother much about the ultimate, let the sadhana continue, grace, blessings, anugraha, kaivalya .... is upto the divine to touch us.

[@persaud1]

🚩🪔🇮🇳 👌🙏✊ 🇮🇳🪔🚩 Completely Agree. Thats what the Bhagwad Geeta says. Keep focussed on yourself & dharma and forget the consequences. That is why the path of life is more important in Dharma unlike the western beliefs where the end is glorified. Prakruti knows best & it will mold itself around you & deliver you to the most appropriate & correct passage. 🚩🪔🇮🇳 👌🙏✊ 🇮🇳🪔🚩

[@chandrashekharkalyanaraman5224]

This was exactly what the Dwaraka Shankaracharya said during a conference involving different d Sampradayas a few years ago. "I have studied Advaita, dvaita and vishishtadvaita. The difference between them is only 1-2%, as far as the common man or sadhaka is concerned. Let's not confuse ordinary Hindus by ignoring the common 98% and amplifying the 2%".

[@hayagreevamurtyrachuri3085]

That is not correct. The very word bhakti tells the man/ soul making bhakti on another( God) both are different. Is., bheda. Like wise even moksha. Moksha means release. One who is being released and who releases both are different. All upanishads, geeta and brahmasutras teach only difference. So dvaita is true.

[@SurajKumar-oe4ub]

@@hayagreevamurtyrachuri3085 it's your POV. everyone has different POV.

[@krishnamaheshkaranam5152]

All the three schools finally aim at release from Trigunatmaka Jagat and entry to Sat Chit Ananda paramatma...Hence the difference is only in Prakriya but not in paramartha..

[@vrtraha]

My head is filled with Jnana and My heart is filled with Bhakti 🙏🔥

[@akshaykulkarni5691]

How can you perform bhakti if you appreciate Advaita

[@ruthrose-cm8ce]

@@akshaykulkarni5691 By Seeing God everywhere?

[@KarthikGurudewa108]

​@@ruthrose-cm8ce If everything seems to be unreal then how to perform bhakti???? End of the day it's mithya😮

[@krishnamaheshkaranam5152]

Everything is unreal only when those is seen independent of God..Unreal only means that which doesn't give eternal happiness and which depends on God for its sustenance

[@mr.gamerkabir8142]

​@@akshaykulkarni5691read gyaneshwari commentary on the bhagavt gita

[@PNNaganathan]

One of the excellent documentary Presentation to explain the ONENESS that pervades HINDUISM, amoungst the three major Gurus…. We have to consider this presentation as an eye opener to the entire world…. Even Non-Hindu culture could accept these, if understood in the RIGHT PERSPECXTIVE…

[@gayatri821]

You gave the answer to the question that has nagged me for nearly 20 years :) God's grace.

[@DennyHayescarpentry]

Thank you so much for this explanation , blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍🙏🕉

[@oneomself]

When I saw this topic coming up, I knew I am going to come across something profound and authentic! Your wisdom and perspective is so brilliant sir! I have truly learned so much from your teachings. It humbled me. you are the epitome of wisdom!

[@anjaligangoli7939]

Having listened to many spiritual scholars explain this difference ,it is always wonderful to gain deeper insights through Swami Tadatmananda's wisdom and humungous body of work. Blessed that his teachings have become a part of daily life.

[@Infinity2205]

Pranaam Guruji .Agree with what you said. I have seen many Vaishnavas and ISCON devotees criticize Shankaracharyaji. They missed the basic concept of Vedanta. Freedom to choose. In reality, every individual understands, God through their individual experiences and see as they perceive (even if they follow and practice a particular ideology which acts as a spiritual path to start a journey )

[@IAn0nI]

True. Narrow sects like ISCON seem to have to block their ears/tear down any other belief out of insecurity of their perspective (which says something in itself).

[@shivamgoswami3628]

Shankaracharya came to earth and gave foolish theory or philosophy. This line told by Iscon swami

[@LEONARDO-xs2ke]

Iskcon should be banned

[@Yrt5421]

​@@shivamgoswami3628well all Vaishnav sampradaay says the same.

[@shivamgoswami3628]

@@prabhanjanmk4721 ohk but superior theory got defeated from foolish theory of Dharma Samrath karpatri maharaj.🤡🤡

[@shirinvenkat]

Swamiji I’ve never heard such clarity on the subject so dramatically and classically conveyed. Deep gratitude.

[@venkyneel]

Thanks for the high quality work as usual Swamiji. Seeing bitterness among the religious, makes me think that they just don't get it. Your talk is a breath of fresh air and puts it all in perspective that is helpful. Thank you.

[@nagarajamagonahalli9040]

Intellectual honesty needed to appreciate the opposite point of view.

[@ItachiUchiha-bz3lf]

Kali yuga is taking over

[@12440jayjay]

To me this video reminded of the story of six blindmen and an elephant. Purpose is to recognize the blindness and remove it. It is a process of learning.🙏

[@naghh301]

Need of the hour, what a clarity. Today many students if Hinduism are confused why so many ways are there. Adhikari bedha is the essence. And this Adhikari bedha also same as Madhwacharya’s One of the panchayat maha bedha, jeeva-Jeeva Bedha. Thank you Guruji

[@srbd08]

Simply amazing! Thanks for the video this has been very helpful. Really appreciate and respect Guruji's effort to provide an unbias explanation and POV!

[@adarshabadrinath1304]

We common folk listeners are so blessed to have the opportunity to listen to Swami Tadatmananda. That he is not born as Indian, makes it all the more special, as he brings new perspectives into Vedanta. He has a unique way of simplifying such complex concepts for us, similar to Swami Sarvapriyananda. My pranams and obeisance to Swami Tadatmananda.

[@churitter]

Thank you so much for sharing such precious vedic knowledge relevant to humanity and yet overlooked by most of the world. Your presentation is excellent. You made such a complicated subject so easy to understand. Please give us more of such vedic knowledge which seems to have the answers to most of the world problems. Thank you again.

[@vigsbond]

Wow, such a beautiful explanation of these different philosophies. Swamiji, I have listened to many of your videos and have found you to be very honest, humble, kind and respectful even when you have to address difficult/controversial point of view. Personally for me, I find Advaita Vedanta, Kashmiri Shavisim to be more universal, inclusive, broad-based and accepting of all viewpoints than the rest. Advaita allows you the freedom to be a Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna or Shakti follower or even follow a Nirguna formless worship which I find to be very liberating. From my personal experience, I have found Vaishnava followers to be very rigid (at times fanatic) in their point of view and unwilling to even hear a different point of view. Thanks once again for gracing us with your insightful wisdom.

[@aniketgautam9230]

History tells completely different from what you believe. Vaishnava followers can easily integrate with other believers but Shaivaites has problems with others. It was a Shaivaite king who persecutes jains and vaishnavites. It was a Shaivaite preacher who supported ev ramaswamy against Vaishnavism. Vaishnavas can accept others unlike shavaites .

[@Thekeratenga123]

Vaishnavs are the closest to Abrahamic religions. Orthodox and extremely averse to other paths. They will quote Vaishnav texts as the word of God and reject other texts or viewpoints. Sort of like Islam and Christianity

[@notthatnotthat5859]

For your sarv garam vadapav inclusiveness matters more than Truth. For us Truth matters more.

[@vigsbond]

@@notthatnotthat5859 - Thank you for commenting and engaging with me. Based on your comment, it seems to me that I have been completely misunderstood. There is only one Dharma but several Sampradaayas/Panths. That is what I meant by different ways of approaching the ONE truth. Right from the Bhagavad Geeta to Srimad Bhaagavatam, our scriptures are full of quotes that demonstrate that Krishna/Vishnu/Shakti/Shiva are all in essence the same, although they appear to be different. Rig Veda says “Ekam Sat, Vipraaha Bahudha Vadanti” - The TRUTH is ONE, but the wise call it by different names.

[@parmar__12]

​@@notthatnotthat5859for you are all bookworms like abrhamic And truth is not in books but in realisation There's no truth which see two

[@eliasalexander6574]

Hallo und guten Tag , dear Swami Tadatmananda! Hello and good day! vielen lieben dank für diese kleine aber mehr als lehrreiche präsentation! Vieles wurde mir jetzt klarer und verständlicher, gerade auch was hare krsna und iskcon angeht. Wie immer wunderbar erklärt! Ich schaue mir auch die lectures über die bhagavad gita an, die mich sehr inspirieren und auch innerlich berühren, vor allem aber mich spirituell weiter bringen. Also nochmal vielen lieben dank!!! mit lieben grüßen aus deutschland, with greetings from germany , Elias Alexander !!!

[@peoplesrepublicofunitedear2337]

Ekansadviprâwbahudhâvadanti - Truth is One, stated variously by the learned. Salutations to God and to your Lotus feet Guruji.

[@srimivasansubbiah6751]

As a common person these teachings are theoretical.let the common man follow whichever philosophy as he likes.so far there is no physical fight.let us keep at that way 🔥

[@himanshukhichar4185]

That means Islam and Christianity are also true, right?

[@ratipati2007]

Read carefully, Veda said 'bahuda vadanti' ( truth is called by many names) It did not say underlying chaitanyas under those names are the same truth. Chaitanya in the name 'Vishnu' is not the same as chaitanya bearing the name 'Rudra'. Also the very fact that this vedic statement explicitly diffenetate between knower (vipras) and known (Brhman), the duality of selves is loud and clear. Dvaita alone is correct.

[@pratyush7711]

@@himanshukhichar4185 nah,i it's not. How can a religion like that be true who doesn't have adhikari bheda and strict their followers to one conservative way and says that their way is superior ?? Hinduism is known for it's plurality,people can attain moksha through any means and not just sticking to one particular mean as said by other religions

[@himanshukhichar4185]

@@pratyush7711 There is contradiction in your statement itself. You are saying people can achieve moksha through any means, so what's the problem with Islam and Christianity?

[@mohanrao6204]

Oh stupendous articulation , superb clarity . Non biased , yet to hear such narration from any Hindu/Indian Pontiff. Pranaams

[@abyutb]

What a solemn presentation of all different traditions of Vedanta, ranging from radical Advaita Vedanta to Dwita Vedanta. If an organization thinks that in order to protect his followers they just prohibit them from reading or having ideas about other Sampradaya then it is utterly fanatic. In modern day spiritual scene, some organizations do behave in this manner. They demean the followers and teachings of other sampradays as lower or false teachings which is very harmful. Your talks has enlighten many viewers to look spirituality in a different perspective, where there is an acceptance of all according to their own merits and rejection of none. We need these ideas more and more to eradicate the unnecessary contradictions that prevailing in todays spiritual seekers. My humble pranam to you Maharaj and I expect you to make more clips on this topic. As the scriptures says "Truth is one wise speaks it differently"

[@studypurpose7804]

guys, Picturization of saints may be biased/prejudiced based on the persons who create. I don't know how those saints might have appeared in real. Lot of Indian people addicted to white colour due to corporate ad and Cinema. Skin shinning products are selling like anything. Western people are thinking indian people are cattle, they eat whatever you through with one condition that the TV ad has to show that products are eaten by some cinema and sports so called stars. People say Aadi sankar born in Tamil population region, named Kaaladi, At present, it may be administered by kerala state govt. pleas Read Thirukkural. Indian PM uses some verses from Thirukkural.

[@raghvendragiri1523]

Advaita philosophy is not radical . Remove the word radical .

[@auromaramalinga]

CLASSIC... OUTSTANDING... Grateful Pranams... for such a clear explanation...

[@balaji9179]

Shrimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Namaskaram maharaj. Your video is a nice one, I really liked your intent to have harmony among the three philosophies. Even though I belong to Vishistadvaita school of philosophy, I greatly regard the other two schools. I would like to give you my personal choice of taking Vishistadvaita school that it is not that Visishtadvaita is less complex than advaita, but somehow this philosophy soothes my soul I feel more comfortable to the soul in this school. So may be the "ruchi" of individual is a reason for the inclination. As they say "Loko binna ruchi:"

[@pcghosh]

Yes🙏, " Adhikari Bheda' is the source of such differences. You follow that, cz it suits you more easily. Wish your good spiritual peace...

[@DevaEkoNaaraayanah]

I also feel the same Shreemate Raamaanujaaya Namah🙏🏽

[@Unmai-Mei]

I started from Shiva Dvaita (Seeing Shiva as Parabrahman and me as a Dasa) to Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita (Lord Narayana as Supreme Being as me as a Dasa to Advaita even though from a family of Advaita. (Even Though I follow Advaita now, I only wear Urdhva Pundra of Srivaishnavite and see Shriman Narayana as my Ista devata)

[@swastikdev8908]

@@Unmai-Mei I also follow Adwaita vedanta , and Narayan is my ishta, for me NARAYANA , SADASHIVA, DURGA ,GANAPATI ,AND SURYA NARAYAN ARE SAME AND ONE.

[@kamalkhanna56]

Great clarity in the article that suits all with different approaches of spiritual pursuit in life.

[@nikhilshinde1337]

Such a beautifull explanations. Proud to be born in the times where the essence of sanatan dharma and its teachings is still evident. In the times of great ignorance videos like this help u survive and prosper. Thankyou again!

[@satksri]

First time I have come across a talk which tries to build bridges of understanding between the three schools. Coming from an American swami, I was touched. Deeply grateful for this offering... Pranam!

[@TMunigala]

Thank you for this beautiful lesson Swami! Really appreciate your open-minded and clear explanations of these hard concepts 🙏

[@sundaramsadagopan7795]

Thank you swamiji for bringing out the essence of all the major phiosophies of Hinduism from the point of making people to understand why they suffer. Swami vivekananda was all appreciation for Swami Ramanuja whose teachings and practices helped poor and illiterate to embrace Hinduism for salvation through Bhakthi and this will ultimate lead to beleif in advaitham on removal of ignorance. As such he wanted people to use vishista advaitha as the stepping stone to ultimate realise the ONENESS.

[@pandudasari7549]

Eye opening explanation and easy to understand OCEAN, WAVES and WATER examples. I am fortune to see this video. Thank you so much.

[@gopinathrp]

Thanks for the beautiful video with such lucid explanation Swamiji. It clearly shows - "ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL" - So, why the divisiveness? Let the Adhikari choose which Sampradaya suits him most, rather than demeaning others to satisfy his ego! 🙏🙏

[@shivamgoswami3628]

great one

[@dangem5022]

Wonderfully explained Swamiji 🙏I can see now on a different angle to what was being said in the Jnana Ganga video. This makes me feel more fortunate. Thank Ishvara in many forms 🙏

[@rameshchandrani6212]

Short yet, to the point of whole Vedas and Upanishads---How to alleviate human suffering? Wonderful Swamiji, Thank you!

[@suriyanarayanan6244]

Excellent and very practical way of understanding these philosophies. Very well put. Let's appreciate the beauty of the ocean rather than arguing about the waves! Tatvamasi! 🙏🙏🙏

[@davidstrevens9170]

Well done. This post clarifies a subject that is welcome to those of us who are unfamiliar with this level of detail. It also acts as an invitation to those of us who feel an affinity with looking into the matter more deeply.

[@karpasurya]

Even we Indians, for example, simple followers of Advaita i.e Adi Sankara as our Param Guru, we hardly understand. Sometimes we just follow the traditions like Shanmada worship, i.e worshipping of Hindu Gods in six forms - Vishnu, Shiva, Shakthi, Ganapathy, Skandha and Surya, without knowing why. We hardly know that they were major worship practices that prevailed in India, for centuries. Philosophies are the most difficult to comprehend even for an intelligent mind. Sometimes even an ordinary illiterate comes up with a better awareness. But Swamiji has done great service to present all of them in a nutshell in this video. My pranams to him.

[@umonk3068]

The most clarifying thoughts I have heard in recent times . Pranam

[@sattyamevjayate6183]

Very kind of you mahatman! For explaining us in simple language these philosophies !

[@chandrashekharkadam8916]

All glory to you Swamiji!🙏AumNamahShivay🙏

[@prakashrath9797]

Thank you Swamiji for such a wonderful session .🙏🙏🙏

[@cnprasadprasad1491]

Pranams Swamiji ...Very beautiful explanation...With very high clarity...Ekam Sat Viprah Bahuda Vadanti...Truth is One..But the Wise give different paths and explanations..🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@grafinvonhohenembs]

Thank you, Swami-ji! Amazing lesson, as always! 🙏

[@pcghosh]

🙏🙏🙏Pranam Swami ji. You helped me a lot to reduce my years of confusion of such divisiveness among three principles. I got the point of so here. I am having a relief. Your example of sea, is really plausible to understand.Again, your presentation is also lofty and neutral. Hare Krishna, 🙏🙏🙏

[@karansarin1986]

Great video Swamiji! 🙏 Some say that these 3 schools cater to different stages of realization that the seeker may be at. Dvaita - To make the seeker understand that it's not all randomness. There is divinity. Vishishta Advaita - To make a seeker see the divinity within himself, but still strive to understand the ultimate divinity and move towards it. Advaita - When a seeker finally realizes himself as that divine, and all this illusion is just him experiencing from a limited perspective due to avidya. It is best not to consider these as higher or lower undestanding, as they will hurt the progress of the seeker, and ultimately this is everyone's own personal journey, not a comparitive one.

[@shriharikulkarni2305]

All Bhakti realizers are dwaitis Meera surdas Narsi Meheta .... God created leelas in thier lives

[@arjunkrishnadas]

That was not how the Advait Sanyasis thought during Madhvacharya s time. It is told that they used to flee out of his fear and the doors had to be locked once to keep the scholars from fleeing. 🙂

[@karansarin1986]

​@@arjunkrishnadas Winning in a debate/content is never a sign of a higher/superior realization. Winning there depends on multiple factors like oratory, expression, boldness, etc. Therefore scholars fleeing might be a sign of some sort of subtle violence (dominating behavior, humiliation, groupism). And that too on a personal level. The philosophies, however, always stand their own ground and are available for everyone to study and verify on their own. The ultimate realization in its essence is very hard to put into words, and also quite tough for the listener to comprehend. All due to a conditioned mind. Therefore, a realized person will generally have a compassionate attitude, and try his best to explain and reason with the other person. Not defeat them and make them flee. 😄

[@arjunkrishnadas]

@@karansarin1986 Shri Adi Shankara challenged many Buddhist monks and defeated them and as per the rules, they either had to convert, flee or commit suiside and this there were many who lost their lives. There is the famous example of one such monks wife who, after her husband defeat, asked Sri Adi Shankara to prove the authenticity of his proclamation as all knowing by detailing sexual knowledge, which he should be unable to know, being a monk. You know how Sri Adi Shankara ultimately had his 'digvijaya'? 😊 They were far far more respectful and would pay dandavats to any sanyasi. We have no idea of the lofty ideals they had. So subtle violence and all are for petty politicians of Kali Yuga. 🙂

[@arjunkrishnadas]

But then do you think that Sri Adi Shankara was not self realised then? 🤔 Yes my friend, Sri Veda Vyasa, himself, being the origin of all this knowledge, posted too the Lord, in Sri Ishopanishad, ' hiranmayena patrena satyasyapihitam mukham.. pooshan apaavrnu..' etc which means, being just a tiny spark of God, claiming that one can be like God is folly as it is up to him, the only God, to choose to reveal his true reality and a Jiva can only do the needful and then beg. Here, he has already realised Brahman! Yet, he knows that, that is just as much as a Jiva can go and to know God, that is not sufficient.

[@yudisthiralistya745]

This is such a brief yet thorough summary af Vedantas. I understand more now. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@nyomansujiartha404]

Very supportive, logic and calm. Thank you Guruji..🙏

[@gersonschiefer1305]

Guruji, my gratitude for your clarity, humility and contribution to unity and harmony 🙏

[@hseeker]

All paths lead to “God” or “Self” as said by Sri Ramakrishna 🙏🏽 getting too attached to philosophy will only distract us from actual Brahma-Jnana there is only one pursuit. Like Swami Vivekananda said; many come to an understanding, few realise! So we should focus less on understanding and more on realisation. Attachment is attachment weather its to the world or philosophy 🙏🏽 great talk❤️

[@IAn0nI]

❤ this

[@nileshkashikar4338]

Very well said

[@anandkatakwar912]

Great words! "Attachment is attachment weather its to the world or philosophy ". Free from all there remains just pure life!

[@silvermoon1936]

The problem is whatever you will realise if you manage to get back you'll definitely start to speak out on the behalf of your realisation! Eventually a debate will start following you from there!

[@AryanKapoorGaming-wf3hb]

Absolutely

[@technologypoet]

This was a lovely overview, thank you. I’d love to learn more about how Madhva’s interpretation and Samkhya differ and overlap. My teacher traces his lineage to Madhva, but has been very supportive of my learning and exploration of different interpretations of the scriptures. Your emphasis on unity over division is an important reminder for us.

[@ytrrs]

Excellent presentation, Swamiji ! The analogy of Ocean-Waves-Water is familiar, but it was very nice to hear it from you in your words/narration. I can appreciate how "water" is the ultimate nirguna brahman and why the other perspectives of Dvaita & VishishtaAdvaita help other spiritual students. [ I'm not an Advaitist by my birth or tradition, but it is appealing to me ].

[@jaydutta7711]

*@ytrrs rrs* Well, I'm also a seeker on the path of spirituality. And in my opinion if you DIVE DEEPLY in Vedanta philosophy, then you may discover that *_Vishishta-Advaita_* philosophy makes more sense than the other two (if you love logic to understand). The divisiveness is harmonized in this answer told by Bajrangbali to his beloved Lord Rama: देहबुद्ध्या तु दासोऽस्मि जीवबुद्ध्या त्वदंशकः। आत्मबुद्ध्या त्वमेवाहमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः॥ Deha-Buddhyaa Tu Daso.smi Jiva-Buddhyaa Tvad-Anshakah | Aatma-Buddhyaa Tvam-Evaaham Iti Me Nishchita Matih || English Translation: “O Lord, while I identify myself with my body, I am Thy servant (Dvaita). When I consider myself as Individual Soul, I am Thy part (Vishishtadvaita). But when I look upon myself as the Spirit (Atma), I am one with Thee Thyself (Advaita).” Actually, Adi Shankaracharya on one hand told others to pracise (Kevala) Adviat. But on the other, he himself secretly practised Bhakti school of Vedanta. The Bhakti school of Vedanta is apparently opposite to Advaita. The Bhakti schools of Vedanta include: Ramanuja's Bishistadvaita, Nimbarka's Dvaitadvaita, Madhvacharya's Dvaita, Vallabhacharya's Shuddhadvaita, and Krishna Chaitanya's Achintya-Bheda- Abheda philosophies. Shankaracharya composed stotras, bhjans, prayers, hymns to seek the blessings and grace of various Gods (like Vishnu, Krishna, Shiva) and Goddesses (like Durga, Laxmi). They indicate his complete devotion to Gods and Goddesses. He instructed his mother not to follow Advaita philosophy but to pray to Lord Shree Krishna for final liberation.

[@sarayudeshpande5078]

An ocean is different from a sea , a sea is different from a river , a river is different from a lake , a lake from pond and so on...these are some of the classifications in dictionaries .Apart from that , our own experiences , feelings when near such water bodies is also different .What chemicals constitute these water bodies and their uses is also different .Their paths are different ..so also each soul's spiritual path is different and invariably innate .Spiritualists of this world should enlighten the masses about the dangers of being selfish /greedy .Mindless industrialization has led to erosion of spiritualism .What does mankind want afterall ?..Food/water to eat /drink , suitable clothing , a home to live ....Whatever excesses mankind wishes will be returned as curse upon mankind .

[@alokbiharipanigrahi954]

It is indeed a wonderful description of the three schools of thoughts of Hinduism Adwaita Bisista Adwaita and Dwaita.It brings the clarity. Now what to follow is a decision to be made by the individual. My heartfelt gratitudes.

[@SKVERMA63]

Salutations with reverence, Sir! Adept clear elaborations for holistic comprehension! Reminded of the famous story of blinds describing what an elephant was like. The example of ocean also vividly enlightens us about the blindness of sighted ones!

[@hvshroff]

So lucidly explained in simple terms!! It is not a coincidence that this video popped into suggested videos.🙏

[@krishnabk2699]

Thanks Guruji. I always like your approach in presenting complex details with ease and simplicity. Of course with very high quality video and analogies! 🙏 This video is helpful to understand all three philosophies as different level of abstractions of the same core concept. Sri Madvacharya philosophy ( being more recent than the other two ), I think presents concepts at more granular level for us to explore further …

[@ascnir]

WOW! You are touched by Truth. Such clarity and simplicity is awesome.

[@nirmalrana3538]

Thank you, guruji. You explained it clearly. 🙏🙏 This reminded me of a quote. "If you can't explain it clearly, you don't understand it well enough" - Einstein.

[@ramarathinamthyagarajan2853]

The lecture provides clarity about the three approaches succinctly

[@rajneekantmishra2775]

My Pranams to Swami Ji and to your brevity and sharpness of thoughts.

[@carlossoares712]

thanks guruji, i have been learning many things from shankara's advaita from you, and i also tend to see only water but i also feel confortable with vashista advaita such a pleasant lesson, filled me with joy

[@jaydutta7711]

*@Carlos Soares* Same here but I feel more comfortable with Vishishta-Advaita philosophy, because if you DIVE DEEPLY in Vedanta philosophy, then you'll discover that *_Vishishta-Advaita_* philosophy makes more sense than the other two (if you love logic to understand). The Adi Shankaracharya on one hand told others to pracise (Kevala) Adviat. But on the other, he himself secretly practised Bhakti school of Vedanta. The Bhakti school of Vedanta is apparently opposite to Advaita. The Bhakti schools of Vedanta include: Ramanuja's Bishistadvaita, Nimbarka's Dvaitadvaita, Madhvacharya's Dvaita, Vallabhacharya's Shuddhadvaita, and Krishna Chaitanya's Achintya-Bheda- Abheda philosophies. Shankaracharya composed stotras, bhjans, prayers, hymns to seek the blessings and grace of various Gods (like Vishnu, Krishna, Shiva) and Goddesses (like Durga, Laxmi). They indicate his complete devotion to Gods and Goddesses. He instructed his mother not to follow Advaita philosophy but to pray to Lord Shree Krishna for final liberation.

[@vrtraha]

@@jaydutta7711 There are many flaws in Vishista-Advaita Vishnu supremacy is main problem, There are lot of verses which say Hara or Devi is supreme, only advaita resolves this contradiction Upanishads clearly don't talk about personal god and devotion as means of Liberation.

[@jaydutta7711]

@@vrtraha You are not wise enough to find flaws of Vedic scriptures. Vedic scriptures are more authentic than all Puranas combined. That's why there is no flaws exist in Vishista-Advaita Vedanta philosophy..... Lord Vishnu's supremacy is solution for all problems, not main problem. The people like you are the main problem in Sanatan Dharma, who denies the supremacy of their own CREATOR Parabramh Narayana i.e Vishnu. There are lot of verses which say Hara or Devi are the manifestations of supreme God Narayana. So only advaita cannot resolves this contradictions Advaita Vedanta philosophy is full of contradictions for being illogical in the first place. Because according to Advaita Vedanta philosophy, there is no difference between the God & a human crimínal as both are same. Now tell me do you find it to be logical? 🥴🔫 😏 The Upanishads openly talks about the supreme creator almighty God Narayana who created everyone and everything. Lord Vishnu is not a personal God, he is universal God according to VEDA and Upanishads. And hence devotion to him, means of getting Liberation. Period!

[@Raj14-o9y]

@@jaydutta7711 🤦🤦 अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि

[@jaydutta7711]

@@Raj14-o9y अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि means I'm **God's,* not I'm God. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@yashasvipokhrel]

A very very thanks to you . First of all your way of conveying is so calming that eventually everything goes into my head . 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@gridcoregilry666]

Thank you swami, explanations in videos like these are proof of your divine gift of being a true guru

[@KashyapMhaisekar]

Excellently explained.the purpose of the three philisophies is to relieve the human suffering,in their own way.Ekameva Satyam Vipraha bahyda vadanti.🙏🙏

[@kadesteffen7007]

Thank you for you calm clear presentation. You taught me a lot and have given me lots to think about. Please continue posting videos about how we can reconcile differences in philosophies as this topic is very important in todays world of spiritual insulation and divisiveness. Thank you very very much I love your channel :)

[@allisround]

Just when I felt I was lost in jargons, thank you for putting things in perspective in so simple words. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 All three perspectives are just that,... perspectives. Equally true with neither superior or inferior to the others

[@di9645]

All three see the truth from different perspective and they're all correct. Absolutely! 🙏

[@vishalramesh2307]

So gopika-strees worshipping Krishna and Krishna himself becoming illusion are all the same??

[@Koort1008]

Are they each correct, each wrong, or neither correct nor wrong?

[@visalakshinarayanamoorthy9927]

So soothingly, gently yet firmly established!!! Pranams Guruji🙏 Our Kanchi Acharya Sri Chandrasekhara saraswati Shakaracharya fondly referred to as Maha Periyava, has simplified similarly - all seekers (1) first have duality , keeping God as a Superior Super power , but in the course of spiritual learning take the next step to (2)Visishtadvaita that there is one Brahman ( Maha Vishnu acc to V. ADV) and all jeevatma a part or particle who finally reach the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu. On intense or even mere dwelling on this ideal, (3) seekers reach the ultimate truth that is AHAM BRAHMASMI - Advaitam Sathyam. This is what I - a die hard samsaari, but hope to seek this path in one of my future births, perhaps, understood from pouring over Maha Periyava' s words🙏

[@parmodthakur9675]

Bhrahman is Narayana mahavisnu or visnu are forms of Narayana

[@tejascasayoga8997]

Gracias por compartir estos temas que no se encuentran tan fácil.

[@mikem3779]

Excellent presentation, especially the second half and wrap up. The mind is just a tool, not the foundation. Any intellectual, logical view is still imperfect at best.

[@brigittetaquin9270]

Beautifully and intelligently said ! Excellent work, thank you ! Peace to all spiritual seekers ! 🧡🙏

[@govindasharma9524]

Wonderful!🙏🙏🙏 Especially, the summing up, what the Swami identifies as his personal theory, is the most beneficial. As many men, so many minds. To each, his own way. All leading to the same destination. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa not only taught this but realised it by his personal experience.

[@srebalanandasivam9563]

Shankara stands as the tallest among all saints in India's history. Others who followed were merely trying to refute or overcome him.

[@PramodRj]

😂

[@jamesstevenson7725]

Shankara stands as the tallest among all saints, prophets, and messiahs on Earth's history

[@parmar__12]

Yes others whole life is based on being different then him or prove him wrong yet no one comes close

[@sudarshan3883]

Ur understanding about shastra and darshan is very weak😂

[@srebalanandasivam9563]

@@sudarshan3883 thank you for your feedback sir

[@amoghkodangala]

Where ever you start you end at Shankara's vada... I don't know why it happens so... The beauty he has explained gives the world it's essence of Love... Love is universal... I is Love, I is nectar of Love❤

[@thomashoppes8594]

Thanks for this great history swamiji 🙏

[@anandkatakwar912]

Amazing! The best ever from Swami. Of course the comparison is not about the content. But simple the class 100/100 to this one. Personally I have not heard about any of these coming from an almost atheist family background. But my self discovery has led me to know as a FACT based purely on self REALIZATION that Shankara (found out just now) has got it perfect, to start with. The problem with Dvaita is almost all the times it is promoted to strengthen the Organization creating divisions and even totally rejection of spirituality. I do know of some master's of Bhakti who have risen to very high levels in scale of spirituality and self realization by complete submission total Bhakti to the One God they believe in. Let is all realize life for the beauty it is. Thank You Swamiji!

[@kalikaputra]

Lovely talk, and that's from a brahma madhava sampradaya member 😜. I would rather protect and disseminate the dharma than break it down. Let's bring the dharma back to the world and then we can do our in fight,but right now we have Islam, Christians and mainstream secular society going at India and the dharma. It's not time to fight each other.

[@surroundingsongs8d]

But my question is all three of them are incarnations of spiritual beings, and all of them appeased gods and goddesses like for shankara annapurna, Lakshmi, shiva, krishna. For ramanuja vishnu, for madhva madhava(idk), so im very confused why!!! Me myself worship Lalitha parabhattarika/kamakshi/ Sri Rajarajeshwari (all three of them are same).

[@kalikaputra]

@@surroundingsongs8d the dharma accommodates all, some people truth is at one area or practice other people require other practices etc. but the ultimate goal of life we will always return to eventually,even if it takes a million births

[@kalikaputra]

@@surroundingsongs8d and the divinities they all served are the just aspects of Bhagavan aka the supreme personality of Godhead ,the supreme being, the supreme truth.

[@surroundingsongs8d]

@@kalikaputra Thanks for reply ,🙏

[@monikavarma4]

This is so wonderful swamiji .. much 🙏🏻 thanks 🌸🌸. Many Bhakti traditions in vrindavan also tell their devotees to stay away from gyanis- advait vedantins

[@gustavosanthiago]

Great teachings! This reminds me of the progressive subtleness of the Buddhist schools, leading to the perfect understanding of ultimate reality, namely, the Vaibhashika, Sautrantika, Cittamatra and Madhyamaka schools, in that order.

[@syamkrishnan7243]

Madhyamika and Advaita are almost the same.

[@biganubhav]

Thankyou Swamiji for this ❤ Arguing on the absolute truth is so counterproductive to the spiritual practice. We must see the unifying aspects of all teachings. Some may say the day has 24 hours, some may say a day is 12 hours day and 12 hours night. Both are correct in their own perspectives and yet the day remains the day irrespective of the perspectives.

[@vasukinagabhushan]

The story of the ocean sums up the three schools well. 🙏🏽

[@LokeshnaiduGunakala]

Extraordinary explanation. Let us hope people come out of darkness (ignorance) towards the light of knowledge

[@adm7038]

Warning: Vedantic chauvinism can lead to centuries of endless discussions on the best way to end human suffering. Abrahamic chauvinism can lead to centuries of endless suffering and best ways of ending human beings.

[@silvermoon1936]

Very Well Said But Is It Necessary To Post Here? By The Way The Followers Of Abrahamic Faiths Hardly Show Themselves Up Here !

[@muhammadtahirumer4982]

And this is the reason India is suffering from castism like disease where one of the most intellectual person Dr. Ambedkar architecturer if Indian constitution rejected this philosophical jargon and accepted Bhuddism. What a philosophical chavuinism is this Vedanta!

[@Lost_inn_Time]

⁠@@muhammadtahirumer4982That’s actually not the reason for casteism . The reason is that almost no Hindu has ever tried to learn these philosophies , rather they are more focused on the superstitious rituals . This isn’t the problem of the religion but of the people following it .

[@TheRudolfp]

@@Lost_inn_Time the purpose of casteism was to not let the lower caste study this.

[@Lost_inn_Time]

@@TheRudolfp yes that’s what I am saying that Hindus , ancient or modern , have focused more on illogical rituals , superstitions over welfare for all and compassion . It’s like in the ancient times upper castes made these silly rituals and customs due to their arrogance and people still follow them due to their ignorance . In both the cases the sole essence of Hinduism is lost .

[@shankarmdev9864]

Good presentation... I felt these roots are in tune with the level of understanding and capacity of students.. It is like Good.. Better.. Best ... As you said and I sensed, Adhvaitha though it looks simple but difficult to understand... Vishishtadhvaitha little more easier and Dwaitha still more easy to understand... So I feel the ultimate ... First start with Dwaitha it will lead us to Vishistadhvaitha it will lead us to Advaitha... First step.. Dwaitha move to Second step Vishistadhvaitha move on to the Third step.. Adhvaitha...

[@honestal2684]

Faith keeps you in bondage, knowledge sets you free !!!

[@tmasaitis]

Swami, you have a Gods gift to explain in very easy and comprehensible way!!! Thank you very much for your lessons!!!

[@mukundamadhavadasa8471]

Our humble respects to all the previous Acharyas. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave the final conclusion. "Achintya bheda abheda tattva" The jiva is simultaneously one and different from the Lord. This simultaneous oneness and difference is Achintya or inconceivable. Hare Krishna!!

[@sergiorobledo3398]

Lord Maitreya is coming.

[@parmodthakur9675]

Not found in upanishad..

[@mukundamadhavadasa8471]

@@parmodthakur9675 By that argument Upanishad nowhere directly mentions advaita or dvaita or Vishishtadvaita. These are siddhanta or scriptural conclusions arrived by Acharyas based on the Upanishad, Vedanta Sutra and Bhagavad-Gita

[@parmodthakur9675]

@@mukundamadhavadasa8471 you mean bhrahma sutra?? Didn't you isckonian say veda are not authorative for you..

[@mukundamadhavadasa8471]

@ Nowhere ISKCON denies the authority of the Vedas. Krishna says in the 15th chapter of the Bhagavad-Gita, Vedais cha sarvair aham eva vedyah. Of the all the Vedas, I am (Krishna) is to be known. When Krishna Himself accepts the authority of the Vedas, how can we deny that? The purpose of the Vedas is to know Krishna as declared by Krishna Himself in the 15th chapter, Verse no 15

[@saritabhatia9078]

Par excellence discussion! Thank You 🙏 Gurudev for all your teachings which are always blessings for us, the spiritual seekers on the path of enlightenment! 🙏🕉🔔🪔🦢🪷🦢🪷🦢🪷🦢🪷🪔🔔🕉🙏👍🌹👌🌺👍💐👌💐

[@UshaRani-hz6xm]

Namaste guruji 🙏🙏 I clearly understood the differences between these 3.. I'm a ardent follower of shankaracharya's advaita vedanta.. Now you make me understand that all seem to be saying the same in different words.. ThankQ guruji

[@nehrumotiram1941]

Love that you say Namaste guruji❤, everyone should use namaste as greetings to each other.

[@yuvrajgaikwad3049]

harimeede stotram of bhagwan shankaracharya is glories of bhagwan vishnu

[@parmodthakur9675]

His kuldevta was shri hari

[@sensub]

Swamiji beautifully addressed the seeming divisions of the reality. Pranāms Swmiji!

[@damarubhatta]

Swamiji has very beautifully and impartially harmonized all three philosophies (one advaita school of Vedanta and two Bhakti schools of Vedanta. The divisiveness is harmonized in this answer told by Hanuman to Lord Ram: देहबुद्ध्या तु दासोऽस्मि जीवबुद्ध्या त्वदंशकः। आत्मबुद्ध्या त्वमेवाहमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः॥ Deha-Buddhyaa Tu Daso.smi Jiva-Buddhyaa Tvad-Anshakah | Aatma-Buddhyaa Tvam-Evaaham Iti Me Nishchita Matih || English Translation: “O Lord, while I identify myself with my body, I am Thy servant (Dvaita). When I consider myself as Individual Soul, I am Thy part (Vishishtadvaita). But when I look upon myself as the Spirit (Atma), I am one with Thee Thyself (Advaita).” Actually, Adi Shankaracharya on one hand told others to pracise (Kevala) Adviat. But on the other, he himself secretly practised Bhakti school of Vedanta. The Bhakti school of Vedanta is apparently opposite to Advaita. The Bhakti schools of Vedanta include: Ramanuja's Bishistadvaita, Nimbarka's Dvaitadvaita, Madhvacharya's Dvaita, Vallabhacharya's Shuddhadvaita, and Krishna Chaitanya's Achintya-Bheda- Abheda philosophies. Shankaracharya composed stotras, bhjans, prayers, hymns to seek the blessings and grace of various Gods (like Vishnu, Krishna, Shiva) and Goddesses (like Durga, Laxmi). They indicate his complete devotion to Gods and Goddesses. He instructed his mother not to follow Advaita philosophy but to pray to Lord Shree Krishna for final liberation.

[@parmar__12]

Bhakti is not separate from advaita He also did karma yoga And bhakti yoga to set an example for people a way to purify their mind

[@knudayakumar7412]

Bhakthi is only a path to achieve the ultimate and hence does not contradict Advaitha. Also, Realizing The Ultimate does not necessarily mean that Bhakthi should not coexist. After all, as told in Yoga-Vasistha, One cannot live by sacrificing Karma (and also Bhakthi through Karma), then you become A-karmi or devoid of duty-boundness to carry out day-to-day activities. secondly, Aryamba devi loved Krishna very much and hence Shankara prayed to Krishna to to liberate her mother as per her wish and give Darshan in the extreme moment.

[@regardsk3815]

Hanuman to Lord Ram: देहबुद्ध्या तु दासोऽस्मि जीवबुद्ध्या त्वदंशकः। आत्मबुद्ध्या त्वमेवाहमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः॥ Hanuman is the Mukya Prana avatar (vayu devata- Nitya siddhas). Prana is the abode of Brahman. To say this Sloka--- First we need to understand whether Hanuman is real or illusion. If he is illusion then then It must be Rama's Illusion. Why? Rama is the only reality. Hanuman to Lord Ram: ( if Hanuman is real Jivatma and Rama is Paramatma) देहबुद्ध्या तु दासोऽस्मि- Hanuman when he has body conscious he dedicate his body for the work of Rama that is maintain harmony in the world. जीवबुद्ध्या त्वदंशकः - Hanuman raises himself as Jivatama--- Here Jivatama is Amsa means not Part of Paramatama ( Brahman cannot have parts in this nature-- " Amsa" means here characteristics- That means Both as spiritual entities आत्मबुद्ध्या त्वमेवाहमिति-- Both are Atman means------ Upanishad says Nityo Nitaynaman - Chetans chetnanam----- I am in eternal among eternals, Soul in Souls. Brahman is the Antaryami of Jivatma... When we say Jivatma it will refer to Brahman at last and when we say Brahman it will include Jivatama. That way it is Non-duality. It is not the way Shankaracharya says---- Neti Neti-------- Hanuman itself is illusion but assumed as real within domain of illusion only.

[@parmar__12]

​There's no soul of soul Stop with this fake translation ​@@regardsk3815

[@parmodthakur9675]

You r kinda confused visnu and krishna are one they both are forms of Narayana.. the panch devta are as follows Narayana sadaShiva mahaganesha mahashakti and suryanarayana... And if you read all shastra you will get only one conclusion that only Narayana is Parabhrman and the controller of all devta.

[@gopalnbabu]

Thanks Swamiji for the wonderful explanation of Jiva, Jagat, Ishwara, Moksha from Advaita, Vishista Advaita and Dwaita perspectives. Your charts and stories helped to understand these three philosophies very clearly. 🕉🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🕉

[@vijaykumarn3829]

Wonderful.Great explanation..

[@deepaknataraj3596]

Thanks for humble explanation on differences which are very hard to digest. Hanuman told to Lord Ram, when it comes to Bhakti, I am different than you lord Ram ( Dviatha ) Hanuman told to Lord Ram , when it comes to Karma, I am serving you Lord Ram, using your own creation of tools available ( Vishishtadvaita ) Hanuman told to Lord Ram , when it comes to jnana, there is no difference between you and me , there is only One Atma ( Advitha )

[@pandurangansatish2973]

Awesome. There cannot be a better explanation. The three philosophies are three different perspective , as Swami Ji says the essence of all 3 philosophies are to alleviate human suffering. Thanks and saastang namaskar to Swamiji

[@anmolkohli]

May be an interesting idea to bring in Sri Ramakrishna within this debate - he would accept all three positions as true, because the spiritual realisation of each tradition is the aspect of the Infinite that opened up to the seekers, as per their own practises.

[@naghh301]

the Adhikari bedha is simply ‘Jato Mat, Tato Path’…included already, Also for comparison, only school Of thought that have Bhashya written on upanishads, Bhagwat Gita, Bhagavatham and Brahma Sutra and a few more are considered.

[@vishalramesh2307]

Sri Ramakrishna never advocated the advaita theory. its only laughable to say that He worshipped Ma Kaali to realize that there is a higher entity indwelling inside Ma Kaali and that is Ramakrishna himself!!!!

[@anmolkohli]

@@vishalramesh2307 I did not say that he "advocated" Shankara's Advaita Vedanta - he only accepted the spiritual realisation of it (nondual Brahman) as equally true as that of a bhakta (the Personal God, eg. Kali). However, he always advocated bhakti as the easier path for aspirants in the Kali Yuga, characterising the jnani path of Advaita Vedanta as difficult or even impracticable in this age.

[@vishalramesh2307]

@@anmolkohli Even dvaita accepts non-dual Brahman that is the Brahman who is in you and me and in this universe as one and the same (nondual) - but who is the jnani - is it Brahman?? or separate from Brahman?? that is the question. Saying Jnani is the Brahman is nonsensical and illogical, this is where advaiatins are hellbent on forcing that Sri Ramakrishna propounded their philosophy. This will only lead to too much contradictions

[@apoorv219]

@@vishalramesh2307 I hope that you know about his most famous student named swami vivekananda who was a practitioner of Advaita( he always advocated Advaita position, see his speech about monism on Vedanta society of New York KZbin to verify) right? Lol 🤣 Most Upanishads were direct pointers to the Self without talking about dualistic entity or god or whatever, similarly in gita Sri Krishna also first taught non dual jnana yoga to arjun as direct pointer to reality which he wasn't able to grasp only then did he changed his position on reality and introduced Paramatman or god to make him understand indirectly about the reality of the Self ( just like some Upanishads also take this approach in mahavakyas like "you are that", which requires a lot of background in sanskrit grammar to actually decode the sentence using implied meaning etc and which makes sense only when both simplify to pure consciousness or awareness or emptiness(Buddhist position) or brahman) , Advait Vedanta also goes for the direct pointers hence no wonder vivekananda also liked this Vedanta. So it doesn't matter if Sri Ramakrishna advocated Advaita or not, his priya shishya swami Vivekananda dearly advocated Advaita (watch swami sarvapriyananda talks and Vedanta society of New York for verifying my claims, also read vivekananda's own writings) as he himself found most affinity to this position and in the Ramakrishna mission they consider both vivekananda and Ramakrishna to be enlightened so I don't know what you are talking about lol Clearly his most famous shishya was advocate of Advait position so definitely Ramakrishna was completely fine with Advaita position lol , as unlike someone like you Sri Ramakrishna clearly understood that not everyone is the same..........

[@beinghappy8492]

Swami Ji your teachings is very insightful. I would like to meet you once in my life. What a perfect explanation. I watch all your Baghvad geeta lectures also. God bless you.

[@vrchandrasekaran56]

In India, if it is translated and published in all the state languages, it will be very beneficial.

[@VijaySrinivas-i2n]

Swamiji, Your presentation was amazing. It was lucid and easy to understand. Thank you swamiji.🙏

[@smk2SOA]

You have missed out some Saints and Archaryas on this video Chanakya Born 375 BCE, Chanaka village in Golla region (Jain legends);or in Takshashila Died 283 BCE, Pataliputra, Maurya Empire 1. Adi Shankara Charya (8th Century. CE), 2. Ramanuja (1077 CE - 1157 CE) 3. Basavanna (12th-century CE) 4. Madhvacharya (CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238-1317) 5. Vidyaranya (Born between 1280 and 1285) 6. Namdev (26 October 1270 -  3 July 1350) 7. Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 - 22 September 1539) 8. Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu (1479-1531 CE) 9. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (18 February 1486 - 14 June 1534) 10. Tulsidas (c.1511[4]-1623) 11. Raghavendra Tirtha (Śrī Rāghavēndra Tīrtha) (c.1595 - c.1671) 1. Adi Shankara (8th cent. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्कर, आदि शङ्कराचार्य, romanized: Ādi Śaṅkarācāryaḥ, lit. 'First Shankara', [aːdɪ ɕɐŋkɐraːtɕaːrjɐh]),[note 2] was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya),[4] whose works present a harmonizing reading of the sastras, with liberating knowledge of the self at its core, synthesizing the Advaita Vedanta teachings of his time] The title of Shankracharya, used by heads of the amnaya monasteries is derived from his name. 2. Ramanuja (Middle Tamil: Rāmāṉujam; Classical Sanskrit: Rāmanuja; c. 1077 CE - 1157 CE; IAST: Rāmānuja; [ɽaːmaːnʊdʑɐ]), also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and a social reformer. He is noted to be one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement. 3. Basaveshwara, colloquially known as Basavanna, was a 12th-century CE Indian statesman, philosopher, poet, Lingayat social reformer in the Shiva-focussed bhakti movement, and a Hindu Shaivite[4] social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukya/Kalachuri dynasty. Basava was active during the rule of both dynasties but reached the peak of his influence during the rule of King Bijjala II in Karnataka, India. 4. Madhvacharya (IAST: Madhvācārya; Sanskrit pronunciation: [mɐdʱʋaːˈtɕaːɽjɐ]; CE 1199-1278[5] or CE 1238-1317[6]), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna (IAST: Pūrṇa-Prajña) and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta.[1][7] Madhva called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning "arguments from a realist viewpoint". 5. Vidyaranya was born between 1280 and 1285, usually identified with Mādhavācharya (Not to be confused with Madhvāchārya (13th c.)), was Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from ca. 1374-1380 until 1386 - according to tradition, after ordination at an old age, he took the name of Vidyaranya, and became the Jagadguru of this Matha at Sringeri. Madhavacharya is known as the author of the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha, a compendium of different philosophical schools of Hindu philosophy and Pañcadaśī, an important text for Advaita Vedanta. According to tradition, Vidyaranya helped establish the Vijayanagara Empire sometime in 1336, and served as a mentor and guide to 3 generations of kings who ruled over it. The historical accuracy of this account is doubtful, and may have originated as late as 200 years after the events, as a "political foundation myth, an ideological attempt to represent the authority of the Vijayanagara state as deriving directly from that of the Sultanate."[5] Vidyashankara temple in Sringeri is the samadhi of Vidya shankara, the guru of Vidyaranya which was built over the former's grave by his disciple Harihara. 6. Namdev (Pronunciation: [naːmdeʋ]), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally, c. 26 October 1270 - c. 3 July 1350) was a Marathi Hindu poet and saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism. He lived as a devotee of Lord Vitthal (Krishna) of Pandharpur. 7. Gurū Nānak, Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: [gʊɾuː naːnəkᵊ], pronunciation), also referred to as Bābā Nānak ('father Nānak'),[1] was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated worldwide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Katak Pooranmashi ('full-moon of Kattak'), i.e. October-November. Nanak is said to have travelled far and wide across Asia teaching people the message of ik onkar (ੴ, 'one God'), who dwells in every one of his creations and constitutes the eternal Truth.[2] With this concept, he would set up a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternal love, goodness, and virtue. 8. Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu(1479-1531 CE), also known as Vallabha, Mahaprabhuji and Vishnuswami, or Vallabha Acharya, is a Hindu Indian saint and philosopher who founded the Krishna-centered PushtiMarg sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj(Vraj) region of India,[1] and the Vedanta philosophy of Shuddha advaita (Pure Non-dualism).[2][3][4][5] He is the Jagadguru Acharya and Guru of the Pushti Marg bhakti tradition and Suddhadwait Brahmavad (Vedant Philosophy), which he founded after his own interpretation of the Vedanta philosophy.[1][6][7] Vallabhacharya was born in a Telugu Tailang Brahmin family that had been currently residing in Varanasi, who escaped to Champaran of Chhattisgarh state while expecting shri Vallabha, expecting a Muslim invasion in Varanasi, during the late 15th century.[8] The name Vallabha means the beloved or lover, and is a name of Vishnu and Krishna. Vallabhacharya studied the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Shat Darshan as a child, then travelled throughout the Indian subcontinent over 20 years.[8] He became one of the important leaders of the devotional Bhakti movement. Vallabhacharya's mother was Illamma who was the daughter of a family priest serving the rulers of the empire of Vijayanagara.[9] The biographies written by his followers, just like those for other Bhakti leaders, claim that he won many philosophical scholarly debates against the followers of Adi Shankracharya, Ramanuja, Madhvacharya and others, had visions and miracles. 9. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (18 February 1486 - 14 June 1534) (IAST: Caitanya Mahāprabhu; born Vishvambhar Mishra) was a 15th-century Indian saint who is considered to be the combined avatar of Radha and Krishna by his disciples and various scriptures. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with ecstatic song and dance had a profound effect on Vaishnavism in Bengal. He was also the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda Tattva. Mahaprabhu founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism (a.k.a. the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya). He expounded Bhakti yoga and popularized the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra. He composed the Shikshashtakam (eight devotional prayers). Chaitanya is sometimes called Gauranga or Gaura due to his molten gold-like complexion. His birthday is celebrated as Gaura-purnima. He is also called Nimai due to him being born underneath a Neem tree 10. Tulsidas (Hindi pronunciation: [tʊlsiːdaːs]; born Rambola Dubey; also known as Goswami Tulsidas;[3] c.1511[4]-1623) was a Ramanandi Vaishnava Hindu saint and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama's life in the vernacular Awadhi. Tulsidas spent most of his life in the city of Varanasi and Ayodhya.[5] The Tulsi Ghat on the Ganges River in Varanasi is named after him.[3] He founded the Sankatmochan Temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman in Varanasi, believed to stand at the place where he had the sight of the deity.[6] Tulsidas started the Ramlila plays, a folk-theatre adaptation of the Ramayana. 11. Raghavendra Tirtha (Śrī Rāghavēndra Tīrtha) (c.1595 - c.1671) was a Hindu scholar, theologian and saint. He was also known as Sudha Parimalacharya (Sudhā Parimaḷācārya). His diverse oeuvre include commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha, interpretation of the Principal Upanishads from the standpoint of Dvaita and a treatise on Purva Mimamsa. He served as the pontiff of matha at Kumbakonam from 1621 to 1671.[1] Sri Raghavendra Swamy was also an accomplished player of the Veena and he composed several songs under the name of Venu Gopala.[2] His shrine at Mantralayam attracts lakhs (hundreds of thousands) of visitors every year.

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Whole World 🌎 needs to Read & learn lessons from the World's Best of Best Books for a "Peaceful Holistic Development of World." Learn Lessons from the below list who are most inspiration to the core of the Mother Earth . Acharya like Adi Shankara Charya, Shankaracharya. Chanukya. Madhavacharya, Ramanujacharya, Vidyaranya, etc. Gurus like Namdev, Guru Raghavendra Tirtha [Sudha Parimalacharya ], Guru Basavanna, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Tukaram, TulasiDas, Vallabhacharya, OSHO. Raghavendra Theertha, Sri Prabhupada Swamy., Guru Nanak, Guru Govind, M Babaji, Lahari Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, Yogananada, Ramana Maharshi, YogaSwami, Bholanath Chattopadhaya n Brahmanand Maharaj , Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev and Madhavdev, RamKrishna Paramahamsa n Vivekananda, Jiddu KrishnaMurthy, Rajaneesh, Mahesh Yogi, SiddaGanga Shivakumara Swami, Brahmananda Saraswati, Dayananda Saraswati, Shiradi n Sathya SaiBaba, Mata Amritanandamayi, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Swamy, n Osho, Acharya Shri Vidyasagarji Maharaj, Acharya Prashantji, Sadhguru, Sri Sri RaviShankar, n Sri M, RC Majundar or Jadunath Sarkar or Gc Pande or Meenakshi Jain or Arabindo or Kuvempu or Rajiv Malhotra , etc. and other many Guru /Yogis -------------- ----------- --------------- But NOT from the below DANGEROUS PEOPLE. the list goes on as follows . Entire Kings Family and All Queens from Elizabeth 1 to Elizabeth2 n family members ( The World no 1 Cunning family of Looter). Max Muller or Williams or Churchill or George Soros or Britain leaders or Britain institutions or American institutions or American journalists or Jinnah or MDK Gandhi or Neharu Or Erode V Rao (Who is not Periyar) or Shakespeare or Zakir Nayak or Conversions Missionaries or any other missionaries, Pope. etc.

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World n INDIA need 1000 Persons as follows: (Don't need JINNAH, Jawaharlal Nehru, Neharu, MDK Gandhi, Churchill, Entire Britain Kings Family and All Queens from Elizabeth 1 to Elizabeth2 n family members ( The World no 1 Cunning family of Looter). Sheikh Abdulla n Family, Omar Abdulla n his family members, Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, Ghulam Mohammed Shah, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Syed Mir Qasim , Yakub Abdul Razzaq Memon n friends, Geelani, Farooq Abdulla n Son , Yasin malik, GEORGE SOROS , BILL GATES, Lalu n Sons, Indira, Sonia, Rajiv n Rahul Gandhi, MMSingh, Farooq Abdulla, Owaisi, Chidambaram, Karunanidhi n kids, Akhilesh Yadav, Hamid Ansari, Zakir Naik, Communist leaders, Etc , Bharkha Dutt, Rajdeep SarDesai, Thappar Family, Karan Thappar, Arundatt iRoy, Pranav Roy, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, George Soros, Nidhi Razdan NDTV, Padmaja etc.) 1. Most of Western ideas are Conflicts within and more complex principles and complex objectives. 2. Most western ideas are Moneyminded Monster businesses For eg, by last 4 centuries of UK domination and not holistic solutions . Why 3. Most western ideas and educational system itself is self centered selfish oriented ideas 💡 and not supporting mother earth and against nature and natural values of universal cosmos. 4. Most western ideas are dominative ideas. How to do dominate or indoctrination of facts and truths 🤔 5. Most western ideas are military centric businesses and creating businesses which leads to 100s of battles n fights and war. Outcomes are 100 war since last century. World War 1 and 2 are best examples which started by Western nations. Most of the times Britain, UK and USA wants to win at any cost. By hook or crooks. The list goes on and on GOOD people are LalaLajpat Rai, SarojiniNaidu, Dr. RajendraPrasad, Dr. Sarvapalli RadhaKrishnan, Dr. C.V Raman, Ramanujam, SatyarendraNath Bose (Boson) C Rajagopalachari, Bagwan Das, 19th Century Kings like Gwalior, Mysore Kings like Chamaraja/KrishnaRaja Wodeyar n Sons with Sir M.Vishvesvaraya. JRD Tata n Sons, MadanMohan Malaviya, Ambedkar, Netaji Subhash ChandraBose, Babha (Atomic Researcher), LalBahadur Sastri, Vallabhai Patel, VeerSavarkar, SukhDev Singh, Ramaswamy, ChandraShekar Azad, BhagatSingh, Atal B Vajpayee, JP Narayan, PV Narashima Rao, Abdul Kalam, Pandurang VamanRane, Guru Nanak, Yogananda, Yukteshwar, Jiddu-KrishnaMurthy, RamaKrishna Paramasha, Vivekananda, Mahesh Yogi, BKS Iyengar, Sadhguru, SriSri RaviShankar. Dr. Veerendra Hedge, Dr. Kuvempu. DeenDayal Sharma, Shyam Mookharjee, Rajiv Dixit, FieldMarshals Carriappa n ManekShah, Anna Hazzare, K.N Rao, Subramanya Swamy, YOGI, Ramdev, Etc Not just to change India, to Change the World. This is need for this 21sr Century. Nalvadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar n Sir M . Vishvesvaraya. JRD Tata, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Father of Constitution B.N RAU, Ambedkar, Nethaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Babha PV Narashima Rao, APJ Abdul Kalam, Pandurang Vaman Rane, Chatrapathi Shivaji, Shyam Mookharjee, Advani , Rajiv Dixit, Dr. Anand Ranganathan , Sai Deepak, etc. Not n no to MDK Gandhi Who was not Mahatma n not a father of our nation INDIA. Not just to change India, to Change the World. This is need of our century. FYI, In history, we were Acient World Leaders n World Guru or VishwaGuru to the whole World, when the below persons were born: Mahaveer Buddha n Chanukya, ChandraGupta Maurya n its Empire, Ashoka TheGreat, Bhattacharya n AryaBhatta, Chalukya n Harsha Dynasties, Gurjara Pratihara Dynasties, Malwa n Yadavas, Chandra n Hoysala, Sena Dynasties, Eastern n Western Ganga Dynasties, Jija Bai n Chatrapati Shivaji n Sambhaji, SahuMaharaj, BajiRao n MadhavRao Peshwas, Tanaji n other Marata Leaders n Guru DadakodaDev, Kings of VijayanagarEmpire like Hakka n Bukka. Rashtrakutas, Pratiharas n Palas. Pallawas, RanaPratap Singh, Kittur RaniChannama, Jansi LaksmiBai, Ahom Kings, Cholas, Guru Nanak, Guru , Etc. Again, Bharat will be World Leaders n Vishwa Guru after these kind Leaders will be born.

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World Dictators Ranking: No1. Sonia (A Dynast Dictator with hidden POWER of unelected PM Post n An Anti-People , Kicked out many of her old congress members, many Resigned, indoctrination of Western -ve System into Bharatiya's +ve Values System, hidden Mastermind of Gujarat roits) + Her Rt. Hand MMS (Dynast Supporter) Rahul or Priyanka (A FUTURE Dynast Dictator n an anti Bharatiya's values n Anti-People) No2. Entire Kings Family and All Queens from Elizabeth 1 to Elizabeth2 n family members ( The World no 1 Cunning family of Looter). No3. Kim Jong in N.Korea, No4. Hitler No5. Farooq Abdulla n his Father n his Son (Dynast Dictator n an AntiNationals misruled Kashmir) No6. Indira Gandhi (A Dynast Dictator but Not ANTI-PEOPLE but master in indoctrination of western culture into Bharatiya's culture) No7. Mamatha Banerjee, No8. Lalu, No9. Sharad Pawar. 10. Karunanidhi n Kids ( Atheist n Against Sanskrit Nature + Looters + Biggest Scam master, Dynasty Builder) 1st Ranking Dictator Sonia, who Kicked out her own party sr. members like Congress President SitaramKesri. Sonia Kickedout many Congress CM Position Leaders n Sr. Members as follows: Ex CMs like SM KRISHNA, Sharad Pawar, MamthaBanerjee, Bangarappa etc, Future CM candidates like PA Sangma, Subrata Bhashi, YSR Reddy, MadhavRao Sindhe, She also kicked out other Sr. Congress leaders list are Jayanti Natarajan, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, SM Krishna n Bangarappa (Karnataka Ex.CMs) Srinivas Prasad (Kar), Mahesh Kumthalli, BC Patil, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Shivaram Hebbar, ST Somashekar, Muniratna, Pratap Gowda n Byrathi Basavaraj from Karnataka. Recently from UP are Ramkrishna Dwivedi, Satyadev Tripathi, Siraj Mehdi (former MLC), Santosh Singh (former MP), Bhoodhar Narayan Mishra (former MLA), Vinod Chaudhary (former MLA), Nek Chandra Pandey (former MLA), Etc. Dear Sonia, rectify your Blunders n Sins. Note: When highly skilled n experienced MM Singh can be RubberStamp to Dictator Sonia, Why not MMS will be RubberStamp to highly Smart n Most Experienced, PVN Rao. Logic is Right ? DYNAST Nepotism not just Family ? China=Congress=Corruption=Communism=Cunning=Nepotism Congress follows Nepotism to protect their Dynasties n Dynast politics. Entire Congress people try to protect this Dynast, even they do Nepotism to themselves. CONGRESS is very dangerous for the Security of our nation. Also They won't learn lessons to follow DEMOCRACY, but they always follow Dynasty-First-policy n Feudalism as high priority. All Economic Reforms Efforts n Work was executed by PVN Rao and Credit is given to MM Singh. Manmohan Singh is Puppet n RubberStamp of Rajiv n Sonia. He is Mount Everest Mastermind of hidden Agenda n hidden Scams, hidden money laundering or hide Sonia's BlackMoney, etc. He is honest to this family and dishonest to India. He should be called as " Dynast SLAVE ". In the END, we need n will END THIS DYNASTY POLITICS n indoctrination of western -ve culture.

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Below List of Media personnel n Journalists are DEAD against to Bharatiya's ETHOS n Spiritual Values, Sanathana Dharma, Hinduism n Ancient historic Values n Gurukul values n Dharmashala values. Liberandus n Lutyens, List of Congress n Communist's Chamcha in Media n Newspapers n journalism who does Fool the people are as follows: NDTV, Wire, Dhruv, CNN IBN, The Print, Times of India, The Hindu n Other Lutyens media are Congress Chamchas. EVEN Those follower or subscribers are also indirectly Chamchas of Congress n Communists. Nidhi Razdan, BHARKHA DUTT n Rajdeep SarDesai N NDTV n ALLIES neverever Questioned the Atrocities of Bollywood. Instead they were doing Boot licking of these Rich people n teams. Lutyens media Bharkha dutt, Rajdeep SarDesai, Prannoy Roy, Nidhi Razdan, NDTV, Padmaja, etc doesn't have any knowledge but she raised Gandhi who is nowhere related to Kashi Temple. He was dead against Hindu secretly . He did lot of conspiracies n manipulation... These Journalist n Media team, WHO ARE EXTREMIST DID SOFT KILLING OF KASHMIR PUNDITS N HINDU. Ignored Ladhak completely . Bharkha Dutt who escaped Jail-Term with Full of Scams is not an Indian even if she lives in India. What made us to think that she is Indian. She is Traitor. NDTV TV media didn't support INDIA n Hindu n Hinduism , since 30 years . Instead supporting Terrorists n Militants. Why media is against Indian Army. Does these people have sense. NDTV IS TREASON to our Nation. Why people are following NDTV since 30 years. Ravish n Dhruv n Bharkha n Rajdeep sar n many others who are Master MindedMonster in Brainwashing Businesses etc. And Lutyens media for eg. Ndtv n its friends doesn't have guts to fight for our India. Ndtv are Taitors, who fight against India. HEIGHTS of Foolishness, who believes in Britain n British n Portuguese n CHINESE n other parts of Europe n NY TIMES, BBC NEWS n CNBC n FOX NEWS, etc Even today 2021, few people believes blindly, even after these Colonialism n Imperialism n indoctrination businesses are continuing since 3 thousand years etc. We need to Grow up first n find out - Who is our Real Enemy for our Nation n National/ Bharatiya's values. Our team is Thousands of people have verified n reviewed all these media who are shameless traitors, who work only for money not for nation. We have thoroughly evalued n reviews these media for 30 to 40 years. Where as some more media n news papers, who does mixed works like Indian express n Hindu are here, since more than 50 years. Fed up with these media for more than 50 years who cheat our own nation. These media are shameless traitors, who work only for money not for nation Unlike, Arnab there are many who has Great spirit to work for the Nation as a journalist . True spirit of nationalism. Ndtv are traitors n does traitors businesses. Dont you think Ravish n Dhruv n Barkha n Rajdeep are Sadists. Lutyens media WHICH are the List of Congress n Communists Chamcha in media who does Fool people are as follows: NDTV, Wire, Dhruv, CNN IBN, The Print, Times of India, The Hindu n Other Lutyens media are Congress chamcha. Those follower or subscribers are also Congress n Communists Chamchas. Ravish n Dhruv n Bharkha n Rajdeep Sar Desai, Karan Thappar, Arundatti Roy, Sabha Naqvi, Akash Bannerjee, Rana, Sagarika, Nidhi Razdan, n Many others, who are master mindedmonster in brainwashing businesses etc. And Lutyens media for eg. Ndtv n its friends does not have guts to Fight for India. Ndtv are traitors, who fight against India. Our team is Thousands of people have verified n reviewed all these media who are shameless traitors who work only for money not for nation. We have thoroughly evalued n reviews these media for 30 to 40 years. Where are some more media n news papers who does mixed works like Indian express n Hindu are here since more than 50 years. Fed up with these media for more than 50

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Jalianwala Bhag Massacre Vs 1966 Shootout Order by Indira. In 1966,The Shoot out of 5 thousands of Hindu Sadhu Massacare in New Delhi by then PM Indira Gandhi order is 1000 times bigger crime than British Jalianwala bhag Massacre . Summary: 1. They killed more than 5k people who Marched n protested anti Cow slaughter - For a Divine n noble cause for a innocent animal. Whereas jalianwala bhag massacre killed 379 innocent people. 2. British ordered Jalianwala Bhag massacre was outsider who were Not related to our nation. 3. Indira being born Indian, being elected by Indians killed our own innocent people. 4. Neverever expected of shoot out call. Whereas Unlike Expected shoot out by British. 5. Newspaper n media was not Covered whereas jalian wala bhag massacre was Covered. 6. Even till today, 2022, None of the Lutyens media questioned this incident, but they will question millions of times of roits which was rebound during 2002 . 7. Please compare the heights of Atrocities between other roits as well. Most of the roits are mastermind by Congress since independence.

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Beautifully, logically explained...Ultimately there's One alone Is catering to the level of seekers...

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Ultimate reconciliation came from Caitanya Mahaprabhu in form of achintya bheda abheda. Vedanta philoshopy of simultaneous oneness and difference.

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Nah lmao it's just self prasing.. your isckonian obviously you would say chaitanya was right but to be real madhwa has already completed the actual philosophy of vedanta

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Wonderful. Many thanks. Pranaam🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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It's like dosa, idli and vada all made from rice flour, since the three teachers are all from South India.

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Your teacher has done an excellent job with you. You possess qualities that are akin to divinity.

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guys, Picturization of saints may be biased/prejudiced based on the persons who create. I don't know how those saints might have appeared in real. Lot of Indian people addicted to white colour due to corporate ad and Cinema. Skin shinning products are selling like anything. Western people are thinking indian people are cattle, they eat whatever you through with one condition that the TV ad has to show that products are eaten by some cinema and sports so called stars. People say Aadi sankar born in Tamil population region, named Kaaladi, At present, it may be administered by kerala state govt. pleas Read Thirukkural. Indian PM uses some verses from Thirukkural.