advaita and vishistadvaita

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Dear friends

 

According to advaita jeevatma and brahman(god) are not diffrent but the

same.Liberation lies in jeevatma realizing that god is within himself..

 

According to our philosophy jeevatma and parmatma are not same ,but jeevatma is

a part of Brahman or God.

 

Is my understanding partially corrrect?

 

Regds

 

Badri

 

 

 

 

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Dear friends,

 

This is a general piece of information to all. If anyone needs in-depth

understanding of any subject like visistadvaita / advaita, it is always

better ( in order of priority) 1) learn from a guru by directly studying

under that guru or 2) read some introductory books on the subject.

 

Internet / bhakti list is definitely a great place to get sort of

"initiation" or to get " satsangam" or association with people of similar

interests. I personally find internet a difficult medium to "learn"

concepts. I am sure very good articles are written on the internet. I

personally have found it very rewarding to learn under gurus or by asking

anyone to explain to me information. It may be true that I don't have the

patience to read material on the internet.

 

I should state that brilliant articles are written in this forum. The

Journals and articles originate from great scholars. Irrespective that

fact, internet is still an indirect medium. However it is great to get

instant clarifications on specific issues.

 

For subjects like Visistadvaita and Advaita, in addition to reading in the

bhaktilist, one can learn under a guru or read books such as " fundamentals

of visistadvaita " by SMS Chari or some author like that. This book is

available and I can send you one if someone wants. Even after reading the

book many doubts can arise and I am sure many scholars in this list will be

able to help clear up such doubts.

 

Adiyen Krishna Kalale