[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Atrocities in Shankaracharya Sanskrit University.

[Ven Balakrishnan]

And on the other hand, what a testament to openness and interest that these young people came to learn Sanskrit and hear about Vedanta, even though it is not their belief system. 

“That this identity with all is his highest state, the Atman’s own natural supreme state.  When prior to this realisation of identity with all, he views the latter as other than himself, even by a hair’s breadth, thinking ‘This is not myself’, that is the state of ignorance” - Sankaracharya, Brhad Up Bhasya. 

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> On 26 Apr 2022, at 04:05, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Sir,
> 
> Very sad to hear the report of your direct experience.  I wonder if there
> is any way at all to redress the situation.
> 
> warm regards
> subbu
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 7:47 AM Aravinda Rao <karavind09 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Namaskars,
>> About six years ago I was invited by the Sanskrit department of this
>> University to give a talk on Shankaracharya and I went armed with my
>> knowledge of vedanta and my new-found knowledge of Indological studies
>> etc., but when I entered the hall I found the hall full of burkha clad
>> women and boys (who could not be distinguished). I had to completely
>> reframe my talk and say some innocuous things instead of going into any
>> further details because it was not the proper time for an argument.
>> I was shocked to see that the University has Shankaracharya's name for
>> name's sake. Such is the power of demography.
>> Aravinda Rao
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 4:04 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> From FB:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Islamic namaz held in Kalady Shankaracharya Sanskrit University with
>>> loudspeakers before Ifthaar party sponsored by jihadist groups - PFI &
>>> SDPI. This government run University named after Jagadguru Adi
>>> Shankaracharya has been notorious like JNU for Islamo-Leftism. Once the
>>> students even protested against installing a statue of Acharya in the
>>> university named after him. In their Shankara Jayanthi celebrations they
>>> often host people who go on to deride the Acharya in meetings held to
>>> celebrate his birth. Atleast Sanskrit department in JNU is pro-Hindu but
>>> this Sanskrit University is worse than JNU.
>>> 
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