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TO MOVE CN'V\UI.ROS
ON YOUR GREAT
MISSION OF UNITY.

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ACCEPT ME
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TO S;1RASWA I IWO
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THE ONE REALlT'-;'.

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TO THE ASTONISHMENT OF ALL- M0N4STIC OROER.

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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 lie."
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.

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 Covel: Kltalap

Rciated Titles
Ch~it~1lJ'l Maltaprabhu • Madhwacharya
Kabi • • Rama"uja • Inancshll"ar

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