As far as I am aware, Shankaracharyas are chosen by the various councils of brahmana-s and Shankaracharyas are Brahmanas. The fact that the Shankaracharyas are chosen by councils and counter-councils explains the disputed quality of most of these Shankaras.
Roman Catholics and Orthodox ecclesiastical councils are paradigms of honesty and clarity compared to the competing claims of these various brahmana groups. As one friend (15 years in India) of mine put it most of the brahmanas are either pushing lines of software code or stealing rupee offerings off the puja trays. When not so vigorously engaged, they are down at the bar praising Lakshmi with each sip. Thus even the Bauddha-s now talk of Kali Yuga. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:56 PM, emptybill wrote: > > > > > True for some but not all. > > > > Among the dashanami the "giri" line accepts non-brahmana. > > > Who's a good example of a Shankaracharya who was non-Brahmin E.? Anyone recent or historical that you could share? >
