When1: 810
When2: 820
Who: Sankara or Shankara or Iamkara or Jagadguru Sankaracharya [Sankaracharya, Jagadguru] or Jagat Guru Adi Sankaracharya [Sankaracharya, Jagat Guru Adi]
What: philosopher
Where: Kerala, India
works\ Crown Jewel of Discrimination [810 to 820]; Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary [810 to 820]; Thousand Teachings [810 to 820]; Commentaries on the Brahma Sutras, Bhagavadgita, and Upanishads [810 to 820]
Detail: He lived 788 to 820, was Govinda's pupil, and founded Advaita Vedanta or Non-dualist School. He founded the Dashanamis, who renounce world to meditate.
A phrase {That art Thou} is in Vedas and means that individuals are part of consciousness. Selves and the Self are one, with no God.
World, language, and sense qualities that people experience are real but are illusory and produce ignorance. People must suppress desires to gain real knowledge. Only the Brahman is ultimate reality.
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