Guest guest Report post Posted January 4, 2010 Sankaracharya and Maya <http://kriyababa.blogspot.com/> VlSHNUVARDHANA, the King of the Hoysalas, was a Vaishnavite and was greatly incensed at the doctrine taught by Sankaracharya that everything here below is an illusion. He wanted to teach the exponent of this doctrine a lesson. So he invited the then Sankaracharya of Sringeri to his palace. That holy man went there and stoutly maintained that everything in this world was illusion. The king had arranged to let loose an infuriated elephant against Sankaracharya. The beast rushed at Sankaracharya who took to a precipitate flight to save himself. 'Oh, Venerable Sir,' shouted the king, 'why do you run so fast seeing that the elephant is only an illusion?' 'Oh, king,' said Sankaracharya in tfie course of his flight, 'my running too is an illusion. Everything in this world is an illusion.' -- With Love, Ganesh Baba http://kriyababa.blogspot.com/ To get spiritual mails //spiritual_inspiration Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 5, 2010 , Kriya Baba <kriyababa2 wrote: > 'Oh, king,' said Sankaracharya in tfie course of his flight, 'my >running too > is an illusion. Everything in this world is an illusion.' LOL Ganeshji, what does this story show: that Shankar was a wise man, or just a smooth talker? love, Shantnu Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Another answer to this was, the sankaracharya said , oh king, I and we know that the word is illusion, but the elephant doenst know it. ha ha ha --- On Mon, 4/1/10, Kriya Baba <kriyababa2 wrote: Kriya Baba <kriyababa2 >>> Sankaracharya and Maya >>> To: Monday, 4 January, 2010, 3:51 PM Â Sankaracharya and Maya <http://kriyababa. blogspot. com/> VlSHNUVARDHANA, the King of the Hoysalas, was a Vaishnavite and was greatly incensed at the doctrine taught by Sankaracharya that everything here below is an illusion. He wanted to teach the exponent of this doctrine a lesson. So he invited the then Sankaracharya of Sringeri to his palace. That holy man went there and stoutly maintained that everything in this world was illusion. The king had arranged to let loose an infuriated elephant against Sankaracharya. The beast rushed at Sankaracharya who took to a precipitate flight to save himself. 'Oh, Venerable Sir,' shouted the king, 'why do you run so fast seeing that the elephant is only an illusion?' 'Oh, king,' said Sankaracharya in tfie course of his flight, 'my running too is an illusion. Everything in this world is an illusion.' -- With Love, Ganesh Baba http://kriyababa. blogspot. com/ To get spiritual mails http://groups. / / spiritual_ inspiration Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
