About the Book: 'You Are The Supreme Light: Life Lessons From Adi Sankara
Adi Shankara was one of the greatest philosophers of India. Probably born in
the eighth century CE in modern Kerala, he established the doctrine of Advaita
Vedanta and unified the six main schools of Hinduism. He travelled across the
Indian subcontinent—from Kanyakumari in the south to Kashmir in the north and
Dwarka in the west to Puri in the east—propagating his philosophy through
debates and discourses, establishing monasteries and monastic orders. He
participated in philosophical debates with orthodox schools of Hinduism and
heterodox traditions. He established several mathas or monasteries, inspired by
the ancient