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I am a practising chartered

accountant, mainly focussing

on accounting software

implementation in Gaborone,

Botswana, Africa, under the

name, 'Action Divine

Associates'. I am a

householder with a 13 year old

daughter.

 

I have been attempting to

'practise' yoga, for the last

14 years, by treating

every kind of 'professional'

activity as 'yoga'.

I am quite familiar with the

Ramakrishna-Vivekananda

Literature, Sri Ramana

Maharshi's Self-Enquiry

System, and Sri Aurobindo's

Integral Yoga.

 

I have also read a few works

of Aadhi Shankaraachaarya,

published in English by the

Ramakrishna Mission. I have

recently 'come to have' a

great inclination to

'relentlessly' pursue

Self-Enquiry. There is also

some inexplicable 'fear of

death' possessing me, although

I am healthy and am only 37

years old.

 

I hail from a family, whose

guru is the Shankaraachaarya

of Kanchi. Since we have lost

touch with Sanskrit, I am now

learning 'Sanskrit' from a

series of 'Samskritha Sri

Paatamaalaas' published by the

Sanskrit Education Society

founded by MahaaSwaami Sri Sri

Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi

of Kanchi.

 

I am overwhelmed by the

'Advaita' philosophy and the

'Self-Enquiry' system

propounded therein.

I have been extremely

benefitted by the

'Self-Enquiry' System, in

overpowering instantly the

'base tendencies'.

 

A set of '4' people, inlcuding

me, assemble in a house on

every Sunday, and practise

'Self-Enquiry' for one hour.

 

I have a deep aspiration to

'learn' the Works of Aadhi

Shankaraachaarya, precisely.

 

Thanks and kind regards.

 

 

 

advaitin-owner

<advaitin-owner >

shankar

<shankar

Monday, November 01,

1999 7:09 PM

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