Adi Shankara
700 – 750 · India · Philosophy, Theology
Systematised Advaita Vedanta and reorganised Hindu monasticism.
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Who shaped Adi Shankara, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Nagarjuna
150 – 250 · Philosophy
Shankara's Advaita is argued explicitly against Madhyamaka emptiness.
Passed the work to1
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1918 – 2008 · Ayurveda, Integrative Medicine
Advaita Vedanta is the doctrinal basis Maharishi taught as Transcendental Meditation.
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