What a mess! --- On Fri, 12/31/10, WillyTex <willy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: WillyTex <willy...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Jyotir Math Shankaracharya lineage in the > 20-th century > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 9:40 AM > > > yifuxero: > > The Jyotir Math Shankaracharya lineage > > in the 20-th century > > > Apparently Jyotirmath originated from Adi > Sankaracarya himself, who established there > the northern branch of the Amnaya Dasanami > Sampradaya. According to the Saraswati > tradition of Shankaracharya, the Adi > Shankara came to Jyotirmath from Karnataka. > > Sankara then designated Trotaka as the > Shankaracharya of the North. So, it > should be obvious to everyone that Guru Dev > designated his successor in the Saraswati > lineage of the Adi. > > According to Professor Sawyer, the will of > SBS designated Swami Shantanand Saraswati to > succeed SBS on the gaddi at Jyotirmath. The > event was widely reported in the Indian > newspapers. > > An installation was performed with all due > pomp and ceremony at Banares, and with all > the learned pundits in attendance, as reported > in The Times of India and in The Hindu. > > According to V. Sundaresan, Swami Vasudevanand > of Jyotirmath is "the sole representative of > this lineage", that is, the lineage of Swami > Brahmanand Saraswati. All of the others have > gone over to other saints, e.g. Svarupanand, > Prakashanand, etc. etc. > > Read more: > http://indology.info/papers/sundaresan/ > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com > > >
