Jagadguru Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Mahaswamiji: The Supreme Lord incarnates when Dharma is in decline, protects the noble, destroys evil and brings about the welfare of the world.

Jagadguru Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Mahaswamiji: The Supreme Lord incarnates when Dharma is in decline, protects the noble, destroys evil and brings about the welfare of the world. The very basis of the Avataras is Paropakara – the welfare of people –
परोपकृतिकैवल्ये तोलयित्वा जनार्दनः ।
गुर्वीमुपकृतिं मत्वा अवतारान् दशाग्रहीत् ॥
(Having balanced ‘Doing good to others’ and ‘Absolute Freedom’ and having determined that ‘Doing good to others’ is heavier, the Lord incarnated ten times)

Such was the situation before the advent of Sri Adi #Shankaracharya that non-Vedic schools of thought had gripped the social and even political strata of the country. Kumarila Bhatta, an incarnation of Lord #Subrahmanya, had just striven to uphold the #Karma Siddhanta – the path that stresses the need for the performance of #Vedic rituals, and had established the #Vedas as the supreme pramana (means of knowledge). It was then that Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s advent took place in the 8th century CE. Sri Adi Shankaracharya wrote profound commentaries on the Prasthana Traya, propagated the essence of the Jnana Kanda (#Upanishads) of the #Vedas, and also explained how the various paths help people at different stages in their #spiritual journeys.

Some may wonder whether one has to adhere to the Karma Kanda or move directly towards the Jnana Kanda. While both may seem contradictory to each other, #AdiShankaracharya explained that one has to engage in Karma until one’s mind gets purified and then resort to the path of Jnana.

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