New Member Introduction: Welcome to Sri Sundar Rajan

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--- Sundar Rajan <sundar_rajan wrote:

> "Sundar Rajan" <sundar_rajan

> Advaitins

> New Member Introduction

> Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:42:36

>

> I am a Software Consultant (a cynic may ask - who

> isn't these days)

> originally from Madras ( I still don't like the name

> Chennai), India,

> currently living near Sacramento (Northern

> California) with my wife and two

> children. I did not have much religious interests in

> my younger days and in

> fact prided myself on being an agnostic. But I had

> the good fortune of

> having my views reversed and got exposed to Vedantic

> ideals by a truly great

> Yogi and a disciple of the Sringeri Sankaracharya in

> the late 1970's during

> my engineering studies.

>

> Unlike many who have a religious background, my only

> link to

> vedanta/spirituality was the very pleasant

> meditation thanks to my Guru.

> Otherwise I never was interested in religious

> activities, books, bhajans,

> temple visits or spiritual disciplines. I practiced

> meditation for a few

> years primarily (I think) on account of His presence

> and Grace. But in early

> eighties I dropped the practice and all lost

> interest in spiritual subjects

> for nearly twenty years. Any attempts to get back

> only created mental

> backlashes, doubts (felt that vedanta and normal

> worldly life cannot

> co-exist) and other mental tensions, so I just gave

> up.

>

> Like a born-again Christian, my interests in Vedanta

> seem to have revived

> recently -aided primarily by adding some meditation

> practice to my daily

> dose of work, family activities, sports, stocks and

> social activities.

> Also some of my mental blocks and doubts are slowly

> getting resolved.

>

> Recently I have started reading Vedantic texts such

> as Gita, Upanishads,

> Upanyasams by Sringeri Jagadgurus, books on Ramana

> Maharishi etc and by

> browsing the vast resources on the web.

>

> I frequently visit these web sites:

> http://www.sentient.org/amber/index.html

> (newsletters about Ramana Mahrishi)

> http://www.jagadgurus.org/ (we-site dedicated to

> Sringeri Jagadgurus)

> http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/download/download.htm

> (excellent 'free' books

> from Swami Sivananda organisation)

>

> I like the concept of this 'electronic satsang' and

> hope to learn from and

> contribute to the discussions.

>

> Sundar Rajan

 

 

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