[Advaita-l] Did Sankara have non-brahmin disciples?

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste Sri Bharadwaj,

I have to see  Sankara Digvijaya because it is authoritative Grantha
on Adi Sankara's life. We cannot take one part and leave another
because it is a political problem for secular people.

If we take Adi Sankara meeting Candala when Sankara Digvijaya says it
we must also take the Candala as Siva in disguise. Here the text
clearly says he prayed to Siva.

If we take only first part to conclude he bowed to a Candala as Guru
it is worst mistake.

Regards

-Venkatesh

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:22 AM,  <drdbharadwaj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sri Venkatesh,
>
> You might be right - one might be right - in saying that it is possible only by an intelligent mind to understand Advaita, depending on what you mean by 'intelligence' and 'understanding'.
>
> May be you meant  by  'intelligence', the Buddhi, & meant  appreciation by understanding... and therefore  you are right in that
> claim.
>
> But still, there is a dosha.  You seem to proceed as if it established by you, beyond all possibility of any doubt that only brahnanas can hope to have that kind of Buddhi and the right  appreciation of Advaita!!
>
> We, some of us, question this premise that you not only  have taken  for granted but also seem to be unaware that it needs to be established.
>
> Sir, pause, take the trouble to establish your premise before you expect any force of truth in your 'conclusion'.
>
> Pranam
>
>
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>
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> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Did Sankara have non-brahmin disciples?
>
> Sankara Digvijaya says the low born hunter of Manisha Panchakam was
> God Siva not a man. Siva appeared immediately. Adi Sankara bowed to
> Siva. Bad people say Adi Sankara accepted Candala as Guru but it is
> bogus.  He did not have non Brahmin Guru or disciples.
>
> Fact- Sankara Digvijaya does not say Adi Sankara bowed to Candala.
>
> Arjuna fought with hunter but the hunter was Siva. He gave him
> Pashupata.  No one says Arjuna lost in battle to a hunter. Why people
> say Adi Sankara bowed to Candala? This is  politics and lies in a bad
> way.
>
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Rajaram Venkataramani
> <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In his Gita commentary, Sankaracharya says that previous commentators have
>> commented on every sentence and word but the meaning is not clear to lay
>> people. And that he is writing this to make it clear and that this message
>> would spread. Did he teach advaita to non-brahmins and accept them as
>> disciples? In Manisha Panchakam, he accepts as guru a low born jnani but
>> dont know if scholars accept that this incident took place at all.
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