Turbine, you are implying that Sankaracharya is a human being and as a human being made a mistake because human beings make mistake(s) in his/her lifetime. In a sense, you seem to be indirectly implying that he is a murderer. Careful, that is not for us to say, but should leave that upto to the court to decide. However, you take easy comforts in metaphors and quotes like 'human being makes mistakes' [we all have heard this line too often, in fact], as if forgiveness/pardon is every human being's birth right. you know the problem with that kind of belief. i don't even have to spell it out for you. you know it. But whoever made the mistake certainly didn't make a small mistake. the proof is in the shockwave it has sent through the Hindu world. well have you even bothered to think that may be it was not a mistake at all, but premeditated murder induced by greed and hate. -karmapa