Adi Shankara
~788–820
“Brahman alone is real. The world is illusion. Atman = Brahman. Liberation through knowledge.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- MRMystical Receptivity10 / 10
- SISelf as Illusion10 / 10
- ATAscetic Tendency9 / 10
- UIUniversalist Impulse9 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Meister EckhartTHRESHOLD
Become as nothing. The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me.
- Ibn ArabiLIGHTHOUSE
Wahdat al-wujud — the unity of being. The world is God's self-manifestation. Imagination is creative.
- TsongkhapaTHRESHOLD
Synthesis of sutra and tantra. Emptiness combined with rigorous logic. Lamrim — the graduated path.
- Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanTHRESHOLD
Hindu View of Life — religion as experience, philosophy as its grammar.
- PlotinusLIGHTHOUSE
All things flow from the One. The soul ascends through contemplation back to its source.
- AsangaTHRESHOLD
Yogācāra — mind-only; consciousness constructs the world it perceives.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Adi Shankara's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Adi Shankara or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREAdi Shankara vs Meister EckhartOn Mull's map Meister Eckhart sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶