[Advaita-l] Shuka and Gaudapada

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

Yes, Suka is not one of the 7 ciranjIvins, only vyAsa is counted in the standard list.

There is no noteworthy account of how gauDapAda met Suka like you are looking for.
There is a legendary story about gauDapAda and govinda bhagavatpAda in the 17th
century poem called patanjali carita, but it is not of any historical value and it is not
very flattering about gauDapAda either. The details of that account have already been
posted on the list.

Regards,
Vidyasankar

> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:45:27 +0530
> From: abhishek046 at gmail.com
> To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Shuka and Gaudapada
> 
> Sri Shuka is not one of the 7 chiranjivis. Shuka disappeared(attained
> moksha) in a cave at Shukachari. Please correct your facts.
> 
> BhavatyAh,
> Abhishek Madhyastha
> 
> On 2/25/12, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Suka is considered a ciranjIvI , so the question of time period is moot!
> >
> > It is like the presence of hanumAn in the Mahabharata, a yuga after the
> > time of the Ramayana.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Vidyasankar
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:52:32 +0530
> >> From: abhishek046 at gmail.com
> >> To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> >> Subject: [Advaita-l] Shuka and Gaudapada
> >>
> >> Namaste,
> >>
> >> Sri Shuka is said to be the guru of Adi Shankara's grand guru Sri
> >> Gaudapada. Is there any story relating to how Gaudapada met his guru
> >> Shuka, similar to how Shankara met Govindapada? Also, what would be
> >> Gaudapada's lifetime be acknowledging the Shuka was the son of Vyasa?
> >> Could any fellow list member throw light on the relation between Shuka
> >> and Gaudapa?
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