Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Adi Shankara
Born: 788
Died: 820 (aged 32)
Bio: Adi Shankara was a philosopher and theologian from India who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism.
Known for:
- Vivekachudamani
- Bhaja Govindam
- Soundarya Lahari
- Atma bodha
- The Crest Jewel of Wisdom (Vivekachudamani) ; and the Awakening to the Self (Atma Bodha) of Sankara