Shankaracharya on Ramana Maharshi

[Sankaran Kartik Jayanarayanan]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Sankaran Kartik Jayanarayanan wrote:

> I was reading http://www.wie.org/j14/daya.asp
> where Andrew Cohen says:
>

Sorry, that should be Craig Hamilton. The interview was by Andrew Cohen.

> "Even one of the living Shankaracharyas -- the head of one of the four
> monastic institutions allegedly established by Advaita's founder,
> Shankara -- also denies the validity of Ramana's attainment, apparently
> for the simple reason that someone who wasn't formally trained in Vedanta
> couldn't possibly be fully enlightened!"
>
> Does anyone know which Shankaracharya denies this about RM?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kartik
>