Introduction of Guy Werlings, a new member to Advaitin

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Greetings List Members:

 

The enclosed message of our fellow Advaitin Guy Werlings was originially

sent by him to the Advaita List. I have posted here to benefit of the

list members. I take this opportunity to welcome him on behalf of all

of you. His participation will inspire and guide us and I am looking

forward to his active participation.

 

I also request the new members to introduce yourself (voluntary and

there is no compulsion) so that we can learn and understand from each

other.

 

Here is my brief introduction(perhaps not brief enough) with two

preliminary remarks.

First of all, I'd like to apologize for possible typing errors ; in

November 1994, I had a stroke of hemiplegia and I lost all my typing

capabilities which were previously very high and professional. I am not

sure either about my transliteration, and you can feel free to alter it

if it does not comply exactly with the rules in ADVAITA-L.I may have

mixed different systems, but I feel rather lost with BLOCK letters in

the words and small letters in the tittles or names and am of course

more familiar with the official transliteration with acute, down dots

and upmacr fonts, unfortunately impossible to use with the Internet.

 

 

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Introducing Guy Werlings (gI werlings')

 

My interest in advaitam goes back to my teen ages, when in 1960 (I was

then only 15 years old), I happened to read the French translation of

jnAna yoga of SvAmi VivekAnanda. I started to frequent the French

rAmakRshNa vedAnta center and came there into a tight relationsip with a

disciple of the late swAmi siddheSvarAnanda, who had passed away in

1957. My main subject of study with my teacher was avasthAtraya vicAra,

as taught to the above mentioned revered svAmi by Sri V. subrahmania

iyer, himself a disciple of His Holiness SRI SACCIDANANDA SIVABHINAVA

NARASIMHA BHARATI MAHASVAMI Jagadguru of Sringeri(1878-1912).

 

 

Apart from a repeated study of the mANDUkyakarika,I read again and again

and studied "vedAnta, or the Science of Reality" of K.A. KRISNASVAMI

IYER, a book of wich I have the good fortune of getting from my teacher

a copy of the first edition of 1930.

 

Having also studied all four volumes of THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA,

published by the RAMAKRISHNA INSTITUTE OF CULTURE, I translated into

French the two articles from volume III :

 

MAN'S INTEREST IN PHILOSOPHY by V. SUBRAHMANIA IYER

and

PHILOSOPHY OF ADVAITA by K.A. KRISHNASVAMI IYER

but these translations remain unpublished in my drawers, and I have no

right neither for translation nor publication.

 

Both of these are dealing specially with avasthAtraya vicAra.

>From 1974 to 1981, then living in Paris, I delivered 104 lectures,

mostly but not exclusively on Indian philosophy and other aspects of the

sanAtana dharma. I was extremely sorry not to be blessed to reach 108,

but I shall try to make it in my next life !

 

Now a handicapped person and being on invalidity pension at the early

age of 52, unable to travel, living in a secluded village surrounded by

forests, like the vAnaprasthas of yore I have a lot of time for further

investigation, meditation and making use of the material accumulated

when preparing for my above mentioned lectures to write possibly

articles or essays with the help of my younger son, a student in

philosophy at the ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE, a very famous French

college(of University level) preparing for the higher posts in teaching.

 

I was extremely delighted in discovering recently the magnificent

website of Sri Sringeri Sarada Peetham, containing information I had

been expecting for the past 37 years, but then there was neither PC:s

nor WEB sites.

 

Finally, I'd like to tell that I feel myself so ignorant that if you

accept me in ADVAITA-L, I shall probably have more questions to raise

than articles or contributions to make.

 

Yours in the Lord nARAYAna.

 

Guy Werlings (My family coming from Alsace, my name is of germanic

origin and should be pronounced like in German, not like in English

thus more or less gI werlings')

[Guest guest]

>

>Yours in the Lord nARAYAna.

>

>Guy Werlings (My family coming from Alsace, my name is of germanic

>origin and should be pronounced like in German, not like in English

>thus more or less gI werlings')

 

Introduction of Gay Werlings - is quite touching. It reminded of the

famous song in telugu - by the great Tyagaraja Bhagavataar - Most of the

people in the south are familiar since it is generally song in carnatic

music concerts. But the message is simple and profound. It starts as

"endaro mahaanu bhaavulu - andariiki vandanaalu"

Meaning - "There are so many great people in this world - my salutations to

all of them" - But Tyagaraaja's wording and the rhythm in the original is

so beautiful the very singing makes the mind bent down with reverence.

 

That is what I felt when I read the self introduction of Sri Gay Werlings.

I feel fortunate to have met him through this list-serve.

 

Sir, I am wondering if you can discuss the text that you has translated -

avasthAtraya vicAra for the benefit of us all.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

 

 

K. Sadananda

Code 6323

Naval Research Laboratory

Washington D.C. 20375

Voice (202)767-2117

Fax:(202)767-2623

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Ram Chandran wrote:

>

> "Ram Chandran" <chandranram

>

> Greetings List Members:

>

> The enclosed message of our fellow Advaitin Guy Werlings was originially

> sent by him to the Advaita List. I have posted here to benefit of the

> list members. I take this opportunity to welcome him on behalf of all

> of you. His participation will inspire and guide us and I am looking

> forward to his active participation.

 

 

Thank you for your welcome. Shall try to participate as much as I can,

but don't forget I am disabled and that typing can take a long time and

requirea a lot of efforts with numerous breaks in-between.

 

Hari Om

 

GI verli.ngs'

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sadananda wrote:

>

> sadananda <sada

>

> >

>(...) It reminded of the famous song in telugu - by the great Tyagaraja

Bhagavataar - Most of the people in the south are familiar

since it is generally song in carnatic

music concerts.

From a purely cultural point of view, perhaps will you ne interested to

know that the great TyAgarAja is well known in France by everyboby

interested in Indian music of course specially carnatic and that there

were compositions from him in all carnatic concerts I attended when I

was still living in Paris.

> But Tyagaraaja's wording and the rhythm in the original is

> so beautiful the very singing makes the mind bent down with reverence.

>

> That is what I felt when I read the self introduction

 

Thank you, but I really don't think I am deserving any reverence as a

person. Like in BR U, only the Self needs reverence

> of Sri Gay Werlings.

 

I prefer gI verli.ngs', the w being pronouced like v in veda or

vedAnta, not like in wagon or weather. But as you write and don't phone

or talk, this may appear as pure hair-splitting.

> I feel fortunate to have met him through this list-serve.

>

> Sir, I am wondering if you can discuss the text that you has translated -

> avasthAtraya vicAra for the benefit of us all.

I should be happy to do that but I fear it will not bring anything to

the members of the list who are certainly very well acquainted with the

topic.

 

Moreover, you will probably remember from the preliminary remarks in my

presentation that I am unfortunately disabled, with now very limited

typing capacity. Thus any contribution from my side may take some time

which I am the first one to regret and even deplore.

 

Yours in the Lord

 

Guy/GI

> K. Sadananda

> Code 6323

> Naval Research Laboratory

> Washington D.C. 20375

> Voice (202)767-2117

> Fax:(202)767-2623

>

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