Adi Shankara
Medieval India Advaita Vedanta
Biography
Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a sub-school of Vedanta.
Life Dates
Born: May 11, 788
Died: November 1, 820
Notable Quotes
"Brahman alone is real, the world is illusory, and the individual self is non-different from Brahman."
"The self is not born, nor does it die."
"Knowledge is that which liberates."
"The one who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings hates none."
"The only reality is the Absolute, the one without a second."