Guest guest Posted March 31, 2000 Report Share Posted March 31, 2000 I am Arun Ramakrishnan and i am a student of BITS Pilani,India.I am basically a native of TamilNadu and i am a Brahmin.I chant Rudram,Chamakam,Purusha Suktham and Vishnu Sahasranamam everyday and i do pooja every day.I would love to be a member of your list. Luv, Arun. -------------- You got to evolve with Speed or become obsolete.This is the converse of the apothegm "SPEED KILLS". ------- **************************************** Arun Ramakrishnan Software Trainee Honeywell Inc India. Ph(Res): +91-080-5367795 (Off): +91-080-6582752-ext-322 Alt Mailto:arun_bits,arun_bits, arun_bits,nightbay **************************************** ____________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2000 Report Share Posted April 1, 2000 Dear Arun, On behalf of all our list members and moderators I would like to extend a nice WELCOME to you to the list. Please do not forget to read the guidelines and scope of this list. We look forward to your contributions. Regards, Madhava - Arun Ramakrishnan <arun_bits <advaitin > Friday, March 31, 2000 5:55 AM Hi > I am Arun Ramakrishnan and i am a student of BITS Pilani,India.I am > basically a native of TamilNadu and i am a Brahmin.I chant > Rudram,Chamakam,Purusha Suktham and Vishnu Sahasranamam everyday and > i do pooja every day.I would love to be a member of your list. > Luv, > Arun. > > -------------- > You got to evolve with Speed or become > obsolete.This is the converse of the > apothegm "SPEED KILLS". > ------- > **************************************** > Arun Ramakrishnan > Software Trainee > Honeywell Inc > India. > Ph(Res): +91-080-5367795 > (Off): +91-080-6582752-ext-322 > Alt Mailto:arun_bits,arun_bits, > arun_bits,nightbay > > > **************************************** > ____________ > FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com > Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > > ------ > PERFORM CPR ON YOUR APR! > Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as > 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. > Apply NOW! > http://click./1/2121/3/_/489436/_/954510917/ > ------ > > 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/ To from the list, send Email to <advaitin- > For other contact, Email to <advaitins > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Dear jb, I find your question most interesting. I think its answer may be heard in the whisper of the breeze. Or the music of the trees. Life is living waters. It is a mystery. And magic. Magic that gushes out from the Heart into the luxuriant fields of Earth. How does one catch hold of Life? All mental contortions are the result of trying to climb into the skies using one's head as the foothold. But there are no footholds here. One has to learn to walk on the abyss. One has to learn to support the abyss and open one's heart to the supernal music of Divine Madness. There are no bridges to Life. There are no bridges to Here. Only the heart knows how to knock on the doors of the mystical. But for that, Ratio must merge with Eros. Regards, Chittaranjan advaitin, "new7892001" <JB789@h...> wrote: > Hello, > new here. > Done my share of reading/listening/investigating/meditating in the > course of years. > One question: > The advaita/'not-two' is a subject one cand really train the muscles > of one's braincells on. > But concerning actual living... what is the bridge, from all the > mental contortions, to Life? > Anyone here found this out? > Regards, > jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Namaste, all members and Sri Jb, Mr. JB wrote in his mail <<<But concerning actual living... what is the bridge, from all the mental contortions, to Life? Anyone here found this out?>> It so happens that I was thinking of raising this point one of these days and I am glad Mr. Jb has raised it. Swamiji asked his students “What is the purpose of this life?” Answers poured in such as, for getting happiness, to enjoy, to get liberated, to settle down the family, to be famous, to amass wealth, etc. etc. Swamiji said, “nobody has given the correct answer. The purpose of life is ‘for living’, what else could that be?” This did not occur to anybody, but that is the difference between a Guru and SishyaS. Swamiji continued, “okay life is to live, but ‘how to live’, and it is here the study of Advaita up”. So far as I understand, Advaita addresseS the Emotional Problem of human beings, (as in the case of Arjuna) and study of Advaita Vedanta helps a person to be Emotionally Mature, slowly but definitely. Once the self knowledge starts reflecting in one’s life, he will not be disturbed, at least to some extent, by the Shadurmies, the six enemies, i.e. Kama, Krodha, Moha, Lobha, Mada and Matsarya i.e. greed, anger, confusion, arrogance, jealousy, meanness, etc., which cause emotional problems to us. Sooner or later, but definitely “contentment” takes place in the person, as Advaita accepts everything in its fold, and this makes a very big difference to living, i.e. living with peace. There is no “preaching” involved but only “teaching” i.e. unfoldment of self-knowledge, and self-knowledge once takes place (rather once ignorance of self is removed) that will take care of all emotional problems, provided the self-knowledge reflects in one’s day today life. I hope our learned members can kindly help further on this point. Warm regards and Hari Om Chittaranjan Naik <chittaranjan_naik wrote:Dear jb, I find your question most interesting. I think its answer may be heard in the whisper of the breeze. Or the music of the trees. Life is living waters. It is a mystery. And magic. Magic that gushes out from the Heart into the luxuriant fields of Earth. How does one catch hold of Life? All mental contortions are the result of trying to climb into the skies using one's head as the foothold. But there are no footholds here. One has to learn to walk on the abyss. One has to learn to support the abyss and open one's heart to the supernal music of Divine Madness. There are no bridges to Life. There are no bridges to Here. Only the heart knows how to knock on the doors of the mystical. But for that, Ratio must merge with Eros. Regards, Chittaranjan advaitin, "new7892001" <JB789@h...> wrote: > Hello, > new here. > Done my share of reading/listening/investigating/meditating in the > course of years. > One question: > The advaita/'not-two' is a subject one cand really train the muscles > of one's braincells on. > But concerning actual living... what is the bridge, from all the > mental contortions, to Life? > Anyone here found this out? > Regards, > jb Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages advaitin/ advaitin Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Namaste: The sages of the Upanishads have provides the following elgant answer: "Life is a bridge, enjoy while crossing, don't build any castles!" Another way of saying is, "Life is what it is, It is not what you want it to be!" It seems that we try hard to build 'vasanas' and then try to get rid of them to become liberated. warmest regards, Ram Chandran advaitin, "R.S.MANI" <r_s_mani> wrote: > > > > Namaste, all members and Sri Jb, > > Mr. JB wrote in his mail > > Swamiji asked his students "What is the purpose of this life?" > > Answers poured in such as, for getting happiness, to enjoy, to get liberated, to settle down the family, to be famous, to amass wealth, etc. etc. > > Swamiji said, "nobody has given the correct answer. The purpose of life is `for living', what else could that be?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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