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Shankaracharya Shibavinav Nrusinga Bharati
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he was sankaracharya nrusinha bharati of sringeri math who questioned Thakura in kumbha mela and asked his guru to confer paramahansa to shri shri thakura.
Shankaracharya Shibavinav Nrusinga Bharati
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he was sankaracharya nrusinha bharati of sringeri math who questioned Thakura in kumbha mela and asked his guru to confer paramahansa to shri shri thakura.
Guru is Jagadguru. The soul of oneself is the soul of everybody.
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Jagadguru Sankaracharya of Shrigeri Math accepted his argument and asked him two questions.
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Q.(1) Had you seen this Kumbha Mela elsewhere?
Answer : Yes, I had seen this Khumbhamela in my Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
Q(2) One bird is sitting on the tree and another bird is sitting below it. Who is the witness and who is the consumer ?
Answer : There is only one bird sitting on the tree and it is the witness. But shadow of that bird below, is the consumer. But there is no second bird.
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Then Sankaracharya gladly admitted his correct answers and asked his preceptor or Guru Satchidananda that Nigamananda had attained Nirvikalpa samadhi but why he is carrying the Danda (Lathi) and Kamandalu ? He should be entitled as Paramhansa upadhi. After hearing the Sankaracharya’s words, Satchidananda taking permission of all the saints present there, he gave the titles Paramhansa and Paribrajakacharya upadhi and took his Danda & Kamandalu and threw those in Ganges.
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Jagadguru Sankaracharya of Shrigeri Math accepted his argument and asked him two questions.
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Q.(1) Had you seen this Kumbha Mela elsewhere?
Answer : Yes, I had seen this Khumbhamela in my Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
Q(2) One bird is sitting on the tree and another bird is sitting below it. Who is the witness and who is the consumer ?
Answer : There is only one bird sitting on the tree and it is the witness. But shadow of that bird below, is the consumer. But there is no second bird.
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Then Sankaracharya gladly admitted his correct answers and asked his preceptor or Guru Satchidananda that Nigamananda had attained Nirvikalpa samadhi but why he is carrying the Danda (Lathi) and Kamandalu ? He should be entitled as Paramhansa upadhi. After hearing the Sankaracharya’s words, Satchidananda taking permission of all the saints present there, he gave the titles Paramhansa and Paribrajakacharya upadhi and took his Danda & Kamandalu and threw those in Ganges.