A meticulously researched and well-presented book, ‘Adi Shankaracharya, Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker’ by Pavan K. Varma, (published by Tranquebar, 2018) well-known scholar-diplomat, has provided a brilliant account of how modern cosmology and quantum theory endorse the advaita philosophy of the great guru. This timely reappraisal puts the Hindu philosophy in line with modern scientific concepts.
Adi Shankaracharya (788-820), Hinduism’s greatest thinker, revived Hinduism during his short life of 32 years. He explained the basic philosophy of Hinduism without yoking it to rituals that had over-shadowed it in his times. The sheer logic in his presentation puts the philosophy, which is in line with the Upanishads, in an universal language that appeals to all thinking individuals.Cosmologists and quantum theorists today are baffled by the great leaps of scientific imagination he made without telescopes or....
