Guest guest Posted May 3, 1996 Report Share Posted May 3, 1996 vaNakkam / namaami I recently joined the bhakti list. I am posting a brief bio to this group based on the suggestion of shrii Mani Varadarajan. My intention behind joining the bhakti list is to learn about the philosophy of shrii raamanujaacharyaa ( vishisTaadvaitaM) and to intensify my love towards God. At the outset, I should admit I know very little about the three major schools of vedanta ( advaita, vishishtadvaita and dvaita). At present I am making sincere efforts to learn the basics tenets of these schools through books and other forms. I should also admit that I have leanings towards advaita ( as I understand it). My complete faith in God and bhakti really happened to me only in 1992. Till then I used to lead an agnostic life, but I used pray once in while when I needed something ( kind of double standards). Only after 1992, I got into this wonderful thing called bhakti. Since my conversion happened in the Madurai temple, my ishTa deivam became shrii miinaakshi amman. Rather she took control of me when the moment was right. But I do worship God in other forms [ for instance I meditate quite frequently listening to vishhNu sahasranaamam ( in the background)] and beleive that all of them point to the same underlying reality (paramporuL as they say in thamizh) in line with the prayer "aakashatu patitam toyaM yatha gachchhati saagaraM sarva deva namaskaaraH keshavaM pratigachchhati". I am a student of shrii Yoganandaa's self-realization fellowship and have completed one year of their lessons. They essentially teach a variant of raaja yogaa. But I have not received initiation yet. A great emphasis is placed on bhakti his teachings. I hope to listen and learn from the list about the theistic philosophy of raamanujaa with reverence. Thank you. -- Ravi msr ====================================================================== kaarpNyadoshhopahata svabhaavaH pR^ichchhaami tvaaM dharmasammuuDhachetaH | yat.h shreyaH syat.h nishchitaM bruuhi tanme shishhyaH te ahaM shaadhi maaM tvaaM prapannaM || 2-7 || shriimad bhagavad giitaa ====================================================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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