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Advaitin - An Electronic Discussion Group on Advaita Philosophy (List

Objectives)

 

Advaitin Mailing list is an electronic Spiritual Forum to exchange viewpoints

focusing on Shankara bhagavtpaadaa's Advaita Philosophy. Advaita is based on

the ancient Vedic Scriptures, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the

Brahmasutras. According to Shankara, Brahman, the infinite consciousness, is

the sole reality. Shankara establishes the essential identity between Atman and

Brahman. Advaita Vedanta holds that all that exists is only Brahman. The

plurality of living and nonliving beings of the entire universe is indeed

nothing but Brahman. The ignorance and misapprehension of this astonishingly

simple truth leads to samsaara. The Atman of the individual jeeva is not

different from Brahman, and realization of this is Moksha.

 

A number of institutions have drawn inspiration from this philosophy and

include Shankara Matha-s, Ramanaashram, Ramakrishna Mission, Sivananda Ashram,

etc. The Internet contains an ocean of literature on Hindu Scriptures and

Vedanta Philosophy and the list welcomes discussions and postings that can

bring new insights. The list encourages a wide range of discussion topics

focusing on Shankara, pre-Shankara and post-Shankara Advaita Philosophy.

Discussions can go beyond Indian culture and philosophy and the discussants are

welcome to post their personal experiences. The moderators will not hesitate to

exercise their right to curtail discussions when they consider the discussion is

drifting away from the primary focus. This list is truly dedicated to

Vedavyasa, Shankara, and the lineage of aachaaryaas extending to the present

day. Ramana Maharishi, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and other sages and saints of

East and West have dedicated their life time on nondual philosophy and

discussions of insights by these sages are welcome.

 

The list intents to facilitate meaningful discussions in a friendly and pleasant

atmosphere with several key goals: To understand the nature of who we are.

To motivate the beginners in philosophy and help them to understand and

appreciate the message of Scriptures. To help members to develop an attitude to

appreciate that every human being is good in his/her own way.

Guidelines related to members and postings

1. Though the primary emphasis focuses on Advaita Vedanta of Shankaracharya,

members have full freedom to explore broader aspects of nondual philosophies,

activities and news related to Institutions that support Vedanta

2. The list facilitates courteous exchange of viewpoints from members with

different background. Members can exchange their views on Yogas (Karma, Bhakti,

Jnana and also Raja and Kundalini), book reviews, and quotations on

Spirituality.

3. The list moderators request members not to use this list to sell commercial

products but are encouraged to use this forum to exchange information on books,

tapes, lectures, cultural programs and URL addresses on advaita topics.

4. The list moderators request new members to send a short paragraph of self

introduction. Please understand such introduction can greatly help the fellow

list members to get acquaintance with the new members.

5. At present members can post only messages in text format (ASCII) and mails

with attachments will be deleted by mailing list provider. Please understand

this arrangement will also guarantee protection from computer virus infection!

6. The list expects discussants to engage in friendly discussions focusing on

the subject matter.

 

The moderators request members to avoid personal attacks and remarks demeaning

religions, religious leaders, individuals or groups. Members who violate will

be subject to moderation and repeated violations will force the moderators to

ban the violator from posting to the list. List Archives are available at two

sites:

WEBsite1: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Latest postings are available

and members can search the archive using author/title/keywords.

WEBsite 2: URL: /archives/advaitin/

 

Exchange of Scholarly Articles Between Advaitin and Advaita-L

The primary focus of Advaitin and Advaita-L (Website:

<http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/>) is Shankara's Advaita Philosophy and both

lists have agreed to exchange scholarly articles between them. This will be

facilitated as follows:

1 Scholarly articles posted in Advaitin can be forwarded to Advaita and vice

versa without prior permission from the author.

2 All such forwarded articles should be posted without any editing unless it is

done by the author.

3 Forwarded articles should get full credit to the author appropriately (by

retaining article header and/or by Website address)

4 The list encourages knowledgeable authors to post their scholarly articles in

both the lists.

Advaitin List encourages interested members to to Advaita-L. This

will facilitate members to contribute to both the lists and also get greater

benefits from the discussions. Members who want to join and contribute articles

to Advaita-L are encouraged to read its list policies and scope..

 

With our warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran

Gummuluru Murthy

Madhava K. Turumella (Chief Moderator)

Kuntimaddi Sadananda

Frank Maiello

Greg Goode

Comoderators of Advaitin