Amar Chitra Katha - Adi Shankara

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SHIVAGURU ANO ARYAWBA.

FUlL CF JOY, TUEv RHUIlNfO HfJAE ro KALAOI THE NEXT QtfVL~ CQNnNUEO TO SEWE THE LEARNEO. THE AGEO AND THE I<'(}()I(.

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WAS DEEPLV MOVFO.

00 NOT GRIEVE. MOTHER . M.4I-I THE BLESSINGS OF THE DIVINE MOTHER. BE

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KING ilAJASHEKHAIM OF KEIlAlA

AOMI/?eO SHAAf(ARA'S SCHOlA£SHIP. NIOTHER. I Wl5I-I TO

LEAVE HOME AND BECOME A SAJ".NASI. seEK ....ouR I

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AS THEY SAT TAI.XING -

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THE UGHTOF K.NC1VV\...EOGE • SHALL ORQOJN '
SH4NKARA TtX () HIS GURU 01= THE VISION.

I. VED4.V'1A5A. URGE TO MOVE CN'V\UI.ROS ON YOUR GREAT MISSION OF UNITY.

WILL YOu ACCEPT ME A DISCIPLE.

VENERABLE GURU?

avE Qttv AS SWlIJKAJ?A AVO HiS OISCIPl.ES WERE ICETURNlN6 FIi!OM mE RI//ER G4A.G1 . ~TER THEIR 8ATH AT AlOON. AN OUTCAST€ CM1E FROM TIlE OPPOSITE OIf?ECnON .

OV AM(}THEI? OCCASION.-SHANKAI?A ST()PP€O AT A SCHOOL- 1lOOM WHE~ AN ,46£0 TEACHER TAUGHT GRAMMAR . C¥JY AFTE/l CJ4¥ •

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HELP FINO THE lOOL.

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ONM< OWN.

GOO HAS BEEN

GOOD TO US. REV\AI2O THE AND ALL

THE KING C4WE OUT ON mE BALCONY IWO

SHlWKAflA BEGAN EXPE0EM:JNG HIS U~E OF ...A?Y.:S ANO SORROWS.

so I SHALL !'\lOW REfURN

TO S;1RASWA I IWO MY DEBATE WITH

M4Nl>W4 MlSflRA.

SHANKARA'S SPfIlIT (EFT THE KING's 8OOV • ••

THE C>EBATE WENT ON FOR A FEW llfY.'5. THEN -

I HOLD THAT RITUALS MAKE ~R HAWINESS HERE AND

RITUALS 00 NOT BRING THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS . COMPLETE KNOJVLEOGE T H ROUGH THE VEDAS IS THE ONLY ANSWER. FOR ~ SUCH KNOWLEDGE REVEALS THE ONE REALlT'-;'.

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MAN04NA WAS QRQ4INEO.

YOUR MONASTIC

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SURESHWARPCI-\CIINA .

ANO TlfE LAO W,4S ORDAINED

SHANKARA BLESSEO THE BOY IWC' HIS SPEEO-I U14S RESTOREO. THFN TO THE ASTONISHMENT OF ALL-

IN SHANKARA'S

M0N4STIC OROER.

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SHANK""'" EO TO HEll THE KAJOWt...EfX,E OF THE HIGHEST. SHE ()lEO PEACEFUL LV. AN EAlUGHTEAJEf) SOUL •

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THE RITES.

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Adi Shankara Shlnk.r.'. ~t. m., bI eompartd to • briIIill1t tlllh 01 ~lIlnning thlt artdi~"td mlny ",,. 01 dart"". in Tile ~t. 01 m... H. htd .. inltlll-ci thl! Pfobld telflnst,. I mind th.t q.... tiorltd (Onsllntly and I thll leh deeply. Out 01 tile" God·givlI1 gifts .• nd Thi"y·two ,'1" ot tirlltls Hiking. IrOH. grl.t .yst,m 01 ph~olophy, Advaitl, Ind In inlpiri"'i! body ot devotional ~tlrature.

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Shlnk". traVlIIH throughGUt India. p!"llChing that !toe S.II or g"hmlrl il one - undi>id,d and imparilhlbia. ThI rllt i. MI,I Of iIIua.icll. WI .. I told 01 hil historH:: <Mbat. with tile "9', Ma.d.na Milhr., wilen th. 111111 withdraw <Mflilld. An .VII1 griller Itory ttDl UI how Shlnk" •. Tilt learned Brahmin, bc .. 1d 10 lile lupariQr wiodom ot • lowly out~II", 1C~.pting him II I Guru. H. ISliblislltd "veraj mllhJ 10 IpfIH his phllol(lphy. Tllen, II IICW, tile dillUpliv. fortll 01 rtligioo. IIC •. Cilil ..d Ia"'i!u'gl threlllnH to .... kill lile Ilbric of th. one nll;o., Ihll is Indi •. Now, II th.n, lile IIlChinglol I m.. ~h Shank"l. who bllilYH in Ih. On. Undiv~d S.lt. reinto.cn. "nil ot unity among indl,nl.

Editor: Anant Pai Script: Padma Shri P. Narasimhayya

Illustrations: Soulen Roy

Rciated Titles Ch~it~1lJ'l

Maltaprabhu • Madhwacharya Kabi • • Rama"uja • Inancshll"ar

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