Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 I was told about a Gita discussion already in place with Onelist, so I mailed him the info. As far as I know, being that he lives in a tiny town in SC, he wanted a group online. Thank you for your response. Lesley* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 Hari Om Lesley: You have raised an open end question. If you are refereing to Gita Satsangh class discussions, they are offered all over the world by Chinmaya Mission, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam and other organizations in big cities. If you are more specific, we may be answer you: Does your friend seek Email discussion or interested in attending Satsangh? Where is he/she located? Gita is quite important to understand Advaita Philosophy and I request some volunteers to start an Email discussion on Gita Chapters. Actually people who have undergone formal trainings such as Jaishankarji or Kalyanji could take a lead to start such a discussion. Every week 2 to 4 verses with translation can be posted and members can interact each other with their thoughts. Exchanging personal experiences relevant to the messages of Gita can help the members to get the full benefits. I hope to see some positive response from members. If none takes a lead, I am quite confident that Sadanandaji when he returns back from India in March, 2000 will certainly start Gita discussion. If your friend has any specific question related to any specific verses, the list moderators and the members will be more than happy to give their response. regards, Ram Chandran On Behalf of List Moderators Anylupo wrote: > Anylupo > > I had a friend recently ask if there were any groups studying the > Bhavagad~Gita. Does anyone know of any to recommend? He is new to this and is > very curious. > Thanks! > Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 Ram, What a wonderful service you are requesting and providing! Yet another reason why this is such a great list! .... >Gita is quite important to understand Advaita Philosophy and I request some volunteers to start an Email discussion on Gita Chapters. Actually people who have undergone formal trainings such as Jaishankarji or Kalyanji could take a lead to start such a discussion. Every week 2 to 4 verses with translation can be posted and members can interact each other with their thoughts. Exchanging personal experiences relevant to the messages of Gita can help the members to get the full benefits. I hope to see some positive response from members. > >If none takes a lead, I am quite confident that Sadanandaji when he returns back from India in March, 2000 will certainly start Gita discussion. Om! --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 Namaste It will be great if Kalyanji and Jaishankarji could take the lead. Thanks. > > Ram Chandran [sMTP:chandran] > Friday, December 10, 1999 3:52 AM > advaitin > Gita > > "Ram Chandran" <chandran > > Hari Om Lesley: > > You have raised an open end question. If you are refereing to Gita > Satsangh class discussions, they are offered all over the world by > Chinmaya Mission, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam and other organizations in big > cities. If you are more specific, we may be answer you: Does your friend > seek Email discussion or interested in attending Satsangh? Where is he/she > located? > > Gita is quite important to understand Advaita Philosophy and I request > some volunteers to start an Email discussion on Gita Chapters. Actually > people who have undergone formal trainings such as Jaishankarji or > Kalyanji could take a lead to start such a discussion. Every week 2 to 4 > verses with translation can be posted and members can interact each other > with their thoughts. Exchanging personal experiences relevant to the > messages of Gita can help the members to get the full benefits. I hope to > see some positive response from members. > > If none takes a lead, I am quite confident that Sadanandaji when he > returns back from India in March, 2000 will certainly start Gita > discussion. > > If your friend has any specific question related to any specific verses, > the list moderators and the members will be more than happy to give their > response. > > regards, > > Ram Chandran > On Behalf of List Moderators > > Anylupo wrote: > > > Anylupo > > > > I had a friend recently ask if there were any groups studying the > > Bhavagad~Gita. Does anyone know of any to recommend? He is new to this > and is > > very curious. > > Thanks! > > Lesley > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy > focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives > are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email > Address: advaitins > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 ramji,it would be a great move-let's start soon. >"Ram Chandran" <chandran >advaitin >advaitin > Gita >Thu, 9 Dec 99 14:52:14 -0500 > >Hari Om Lesley: > >You have raised an open end question. If you are refereing to Gita Satsangh >class discussions, they are offered all over the world by Chinmaya Mission, >Arsha Vidya Gurukulam and other organizations in big cities. If you are >more specific, we may be answer you: Does your friend seek Email discussion >or interested in attending Satsangh? Where is he/she located? > >Gita is quite important to understand Advaita Philosophy and I request some >volunteers to start an Email discussion on Gita Chapters. Actually people >who have undergone formal trainings such as Jaishankarji or Kalyanji could >take a lead to start such a discussion. Every week 2 to 4 verses with >translation can be posted and members can interact each other with their >thoughts. Exchanging personal experiences relevant to the messages of Gita >can help the members to get the full benefits. I hope to see some positive >response from members. > >If none takes a lead, I am quite confident that Sadanandaji when he returns >back from India in March, 2000 will certainly start Gita discussion. > >If your friend has any specific question related to any specific verses, >the list moderators and the members will be more than happy to give their >response. > >regards, > >Ram Chandran >On Behalf of List Moderators > >Anylupo wrote: > > > Anylupo > > > > I had a friend recently ask if there were any groups studying the > > Bhavagad~Gita. Does anyone know of any to recommend? He is new to this >and is > > very curious. > > Thanks! > > Lesley > >------ >Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy >focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives >are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email >Address: advaitins > ><< text3.html >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 >"Ram Chandran" <chandran > Gita >Thu, 9 Dec 99 14:52:14 -0500 >I request some volunteers to start an Email discussion on Gita Chapters. >Actually people who have undergone formal trainings such as Jaishankarji or >Kalyanji could take a lead to start such a discussion. I am quite confident >that Sadanandaji when he returns back from India in March, 2000 will >certainly start Gita discussion. > >Ram Chandran Advaitin Satsang. Pranams. Om Namo Narayana! (praying to you from spiritual Antartica) It is a welcome suggestion from Shri Ramji about commentaries on Gita. I suggest to include shri Madhav's name also in it. He is formally trained in Chinmayaranyam Ashram. Besides he also has a modern orientation to life by being a IT manager. From my personal exprience, he can co-relate many day to day problems with specific verses in Gita. He would announce the chapter and verse number and then proceed to recite it in sanskrit and explain it in English and then connect it to the problem being discussed. This makes Gita highly relevant from day to day context. I think Swami Chinmayananda was one of the first, to actively propogate Hinduism through English language discourses which made it comprehensible to middle class of the Hindu society, who have by and large, lost touch with original sanskrit version. I recollect Shri Madhav telling me once, that Swami's first lecture was an audience of just 3. The movement caught on and he inspired a number of other spiritual VIPs and gave respectability to the concept of Ashrams and their link to modern day Indian society. We respect,appreciate and concede that Vedas and Shastras must be learnt, in the way they are ordained to be, in patashalas and Gurukulams. Perhaps it is equally important, that some of the Gnanis atleast, must share their spiritual wealth with, much more numerous poor cousins. Fundamental Research is important in Mathematics and Science as well as in Spiritual matters. But applied research is equally relevant to bring that knowledge to day to day practice. I once read that "Theory is nothing but Best Practice". I think this is true in many walks of life. For every learned person like Shri Jayashankarji or Mr.Greg or Shri Madhav, there are thousands of ignorant Rajans and I am afraid that this ratio will be there for some time to come. Incidentally there is a lot of discussion going on about "Desires". If one were to quantify the concept in a scale of 1 to 5, then one can gradually decrease its intensity to reach to zero rather than 1/0 situation of just giving it up. Also there is in my opinion, an equally opposite scale from -5 to -1 which is "Hate" which is antidesire. Generally speaking what I understood from the discussions is that one should strive to reach 0 which is Nondesire and Nonhate. This is reached by training and is not a natural state. That 0 exists alone is not enough, one should also have some meaningful idea how to get there in reasonable amount of time. Or have I got it wrong? Hari OM P.B.V.Rajan >"Ram Chandran" <chandran > Gita >Thu, 9 Dec 99 14:52:14 -0500 >I request some volunteers to start an Email discussion on Gita Chapters. >Actually people who have undergone formal trainings such as Jaishankarji or >Kalyanji could take a lead to start such a discussion. I am quite confident >that Sadanandaji when he returns back from India in March, 2000 will >certainly start Gita discussion. > >Ram Chandran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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