Mysuru: It is a sad commentary of the times that great souls are being confined to particular sects, community or castes, regretted MLA S.A. Ramdas. He was speaking after inaugurating Sri Shankara Jayanti and Philosophers’ Day celebrations organised by the Karnataka Sena Pade at the Shringeri Shankar Mutt here on Sunday and said that in the present day circumstances, the whole world was in search of peace.
Sri Shankaracharya, in his preaching, has talked about what is required for a worthwhile and peaceful life. However, the tragedy is that, in the present political system, all such great souls have been confined to the castes they are born, he regretted. A meaningful life always means thinking about the human values and how to imbibe them in our lives. This is what Shankaracharya has said. He had seen the Chandala (lowest caste) as a Shiva.
