Govinda Bhagavatpada

Govinda Bhagavatpada

Govinda Bhagavatpada (IAST IAST|Govinda Bhagavatpāda) was the Guru of the Advaita philosopher, Adi Shankara. We know little of his life and works, except that he is mentioned in all the traditional accounts (Shankara Vijayams) as the teacher of Adi Shankara. He was the disciple of Gaudapada (IAST "IAST|Gauḍapāda"). He is mentioned in the first verse of Adi Shankara's Prakaraņa grantha ("treatise") Viveka Chudamani. He is named after Gaudapada in the Guru Parampara ("lineage") of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham.

Meeting Adi Shankara

:"See Life of Adi Shankara for the biography of Adi Shankara"

As per the Madhavīya Shankaravijaya, after leaving Kerala, Adi Shankara reached the banks of the river Narmada where he met Govinda Bhagavatpada. The Madhavīya Shankaravijaya states that Adi Shankara once calmed a flood from the Reva River by placing his kamanḍalu ("water pot") in the path of the raging water, thus saving his Guru Govinda Bhagavatpada who was immersed in Samadhi in a cave nearby. Govinda Bhagavatpada is said to have asked Adi Shankara who he was. Adi Shankara then replied with a verse composed extempore, that brought out clearly the Advaita philosophy in regard to the Self. Shankara was then initiated as Govinda Bhagavatapada's disciple, thus formally entering sanyasa.

Adi Shankara was then commissioned by his Guru to write a Bhashya ("commentary") on the Brahma Sutra and spread the Advaita philosophy far and wide.

ee also

*Adi Shankara
*Advaita Vedanta
*Sringeri Sharada Peetham


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