Thank you Chiita !

Whatever i wrote this morning came right from my Heart- right after
Brahma-muhurta Meditation.

Adi shankara sings thus in the Jivan-Muktananda lahari

siváyáç sambhorvá kvacidapi ca vinúïorapi kadá
gaïádhyakúasyápi prakaûa tapanasyápi ca kadá
Paûhanvai námálim nayana racitánanda salilo
munir na vyámoham bhajati gurudèkúákúata tamáç (7)

Chanting the many names with tears of joy welling in the eyes,
Sometimes of the consort of Siva (Sakti), at times of Sambhu (Siva),
sometimes of Vishnu , And then of Ganapati and sometimes of the
visible Sun; The sage, with ignorance dispelled by Guru's grace
(dèksá), is not at all deluded.

(www.kamakoti.org)

This is the state of a jivan-mukta.

and coming to think of it...

Adi Shankara Bhagvadapada ESTABLISHED the shanmathas

1) Ganapathyam ( Ganesha)

2) Sauram (SURYA)

3) Saktam (SAKTHI)

4) Kaumaram (SUBRAMANYAM )

5) Saivam ( SIVA)

6) Vaishnavam (VISHNU)

SO FROM THE ABOVE, IT IS OBVIOUS that we cannot pin down Adi Shankara
to ANY ONE MATHA OR SECT!

also, i was surprised to read this in Shri BHASKAR PRABHUJI'S POST...

(Shankara clearly refuted tantra sAdhana in gIta bhAshya & says
worshipping vinAyaka & mAtru gaNa is avaidhika.)

i don't know what you mean by Tantra sadhana ? I know Acharya did not
believe in 'vamachara' tantra sadhana involving the pancha makara.

I cannot believe he did not believe in worshipping Vinayaka.

Read what a glowing tribute Adi shankara bhagvadapada pays to Lord
Ganesha, the Remover of obstacles...

Nitaantikaanta Dantakaanti Mantakaanta Kaatmajam
Achintya Rupa Mantaheena Mantaraaya Krintanam
Hrudantarey Nirantaram Vasantameva Yoginam
Tameka Danta Meva Tam Vichintayaami Santatam.

I constantly reflect upon that single tusked God only, whose lustrous
tusk is very beautiful, who is the son of Lord Shiva, (Shiva, the God
of destruction), whose form is immortal and unknowable, who tears
asunder all obstacles, and who dwells forever in the hearts of the
Yogis.

(www.chennaionline.com)

Shankara's works include anAtmA shrI vigarhaNa (Meaning 1, 2).
aparokshonubhUti
Atmabodha
AtmaShaTak.h OR nirvANaShaTak
upadeshasAhasrI
ekashloki
upadeshasAhasrI
kashipanchakam
kaupIna paJNchakam.h
dashashlokI
dhanyAShTakaM
nirgunamAnasapUjA
nirvANama~njarI
paJNchikaranam
prashnottararatnamAlikA
prauDhAnubhUti
prabodha sudhAkara
brahmajnAnAvalImAlA
brahmAnucintanam
maniShA panchakaM
mAtRipanchakaM
mAyA panchakaM
yati panchakaM
laghuvAkyavRitti
vAkyavritti
vedAntasiddhAntasArasa.ngrahaH
vivekachuDAmaNi
sAdhana-pa.nchakam
svarUpAnusandhAnAShTakam
(sanskrit documents gde)


This is only one List. Besides this, ACHARYA HAS COMPOSED MANY
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS ON ALL THE GOD/ESSESS INCLUDING subramanya
bhujangam, kanakadhara stotram, mahisarasuramardini stotram, lakshmi
narasimha stotram, Kamakshi ashtakam, BHASYA ON LALITA TRISHATI,
vishnu shasaranama, - you name it and it is there in the list of
shankara's collected works!

In any event, we are still not competent to say anything this way or
that way ....

we are all in the world of 'maya' or 'make believe' !


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one correction to my previous post.

acharya and then paramacharya - i said 'sampradaya' i should have
said ParAMPARA!

It is not for a 'jivi' like me to sing the glories of a mukta-jivi?
better still, one who is a videha mukta.

Jaya Jaya Shankara

Hara hara shankara