Sri M said...

The priestly class, who considered themselves the guardians of Hinduism and its scriptures, declared that Shankaracharya was none other than a Buddhist in disguise. They called him a ‘Prachanda Boudhika’ - a Buddhist who had come to destroy their Vedic religion, since there was a common thread in the teachings of Vedanta, the Upanishads and the teachings of the Buddha.