Adi Shankara faced one final test before his Victory of the Four Directions could be proclaimed to the three worlds. He had to win a debate with Madana Mishra, and it was said that the gods themselves would come to hear Madana Mishra and even they would learn a thing or two. He was revered as the most learned man in India.
EXCERPTS
Baba Ram Nath Aghori … from chapter 7
Baba Ram Nath Aghori also had invisible servants. One day he called all the local babas for a feast, a bhandara, he would prepare on Dashashwamedh Ghat.
“Take it, Take it All!” … from chapter 7
“Dis money, dis good. Dis no money, dis no good,” Sohan Giri said to me from behind, emptying his entire warehouse of English vocabulary in one shot.
“Alakh! Hey, You with No Eyes” … Chap 8
“Alakh” – a name of Shiva, “He with No Eyes.” Shiva is blind, his eyes unfocused and turned up in meditation on the Supreme Void.
Baba’s Ayurveda … chapter 14
Baba’s Ayurveda I asked Baba if he could give me something for my flatulence. Perhaps it was the unfiltered river water I was drinking. He showed me the boils on his legs. “I can’t cure my […]
