Dear Advaitins, Namaste. Does Sri Shankara directly say anywhere that Ishwara is Maya Upahita Chaitanyam or samasti ajnana upahita chaitanyam? Please give me...
Namaste, Intersting thread ! However, I was wondering how the word "apology" goes with Vedanta. Under which catagory of do's or don'ts will it fall on the...
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Dears Apology can be considered as equivalent to Kshamapanam.R.Krishnamoorthy. ... From: pairamblr To: advaitin@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012...
Dear Advaitin, Please see the following- Br.up.3.8.12- bhAShya says--When Brahman has as the limiting adjunct the power of eternal and infinite knowledge...
Namaste. The following references too could be useful in this quest: In the BSB 2.1.14 Shankara says: //evam avidyAkRta-nAmarUpopAdhyanurodhI Ishvaro bhavati,...
Thank you for your replies, Chittaji. Your views seem internally consistent to me but I am of the opinion that liberation is immediate upon the rise of...
... Dear Rishi, In the gloss to Shankara's bhashya for the BG 2.59 Anandagiri says: // Objection: If without direct realization desire will not go and if the...
PraNAms to all. Talks on yoga vaasiShTa can be heard on line from 9:00AM - 5:00 PM EST - today is the second day - four talks with gaps for Tea & lunch. Hari...
Hari OM. Namsate to Sri Chittaranjan and others. Fanastic points /examples expressed well by Sri Chittaranjan. In fact, if we take examples of upadesa...
Namaste: As truth seekers we should explore Apology to find its Truth! Interestingly, Wikipedia contains a detailed article exploring Apology without Apology: ...
... ========== Dear Rishi-ji, Pranams, First of all, I am not very comfortable with the 100% view; but I would like to say that for sAdhanA chatushtaya...
(Reply to Subbuji and Vinayakaji) Dear Subbuji, Thank for the quote from Anandagiri. This seems to clearly support the view against "100%" sadhana chatushtaya....
Dear Sri Rishi-ji, ... consistent ... rise of ... That liberation which is immediate upon the rise of knowledge is sadyo-mukti and the expression 'rise of...
Dear Sri Rishi-ji, ... I think you have misunderstood the intention of this discussion. It is not meant to find a way to make a self-assessment of one's...
Dear Sri Rishi-ji, My request is not to dwell too much on this 100% chitta-shuddhi. The main goal of this discussion is to ascertain whether: i) any set of...
Namaskaram Shri Ramachandranji, That is some very interesting info indeed. Thanks. However, my question seems still remains unanswered. once again, thanks...
Dear Sri Vinayaka-ji and Sri Ramesh Subramanian-ji, TO SRI VINAYAKA-JI: With reference to your post (Msg No 56685), I would like to say: "Thank you, you have...
... In fact, if we take examples of upadesa occurring in Puranas (say Bhagavatam) or Srutis (Upanisads), most of the students are either * Sannyasis or ... ...
... Namaste. In the Chandogya upanishad the famous Tat tvam asi upadesha is given to Shvetaketu, the son of Uddalaka. The boy has returned from gurukula after...
Dear Sri Subbu-ji, I think you must define the object that is to be proved or disproved first before you arrive at such a conclusion. What is the object that...
... Dear Vinayakaji, ... When I read the biography of sages and saints, I do not get the sense that anyone is thinking methodically about whether they have...
... not other things which are being discussed here in detail now. This is HIS qualification and not of saadhaka. We are talking about the saadhaka's. I leave...
IMHO the issue resolves when one chooses the mode of 'samnyas' - 1) in spirit, 2) in form & 3) both in form & spirit. Through FORM one can move to SPIRIT....
(Reply to Chittaji) Dear Chittaji, "All i am saying is that we need to consider the serious implications of discarding the actions that cause chitta-shuddhi...
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Dears In the Gita when Sri Arjuna asks Sri Krishna as to what happens to the one whose mind has fallen away from yoga sadhana without achieving its perfect...
... Dear Sri Chitta ji, At the very beginning, in the third chapter of the Bh.Gita we have the verse 3.25 where the Lord says: 3.25 O scion of the Bharata...