"> So it *wasn't* necessarily that he was "OK with > people" when they were worshipping him as > Shankaracharya. That was my point."
All we know is this is how he chose to live. First alone, then as a living God with people doing pujas to him. I wish we knew more about how he felt about it but his actions speak for what what he chose. It is a fact the the context of his association with other people was as in a revered status. --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > "Before he was Shankaracharya he couldn't > stand to be around people. When they were waving camphor and > ghee lamps in front of him worshiping him as Shankaracharya > he was OK with people." > > I wrote: > > > Or not. For all we know, the entire time he was > > > Shankaracharya, he may have been wishing he were > > > back in the forest by himself communing with God > > > and living on roots and berries. > > > > I think it is likely that he felt like this often. > > So it *wasn't* necessarily that he was "OK with > people" when they were worshipping him as > Shankaracharya. That was my point. >
