PGS: PrakaraNa grantha series : Foreword

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Mother who always heeds her devotee's call!

 

O Mother! Please shed thy grace on us!

 

Prostrations to ShrI Shankara bhagavatpAda, who was blessed

with HER vision and out of compassion for the suffering

souls, has blessed us with his spiritual works!

 

May his works and their divine wisdom guide us to HER!

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Hello all :

 

I wish to introduce a new series of posts in advaita-l

on ShrI Shankara bhagavatpAda's spiritual literature called

prakaraNa grantham. As the name indicates, the Great

Teacher

wrote these works as an introductory study of Advaita

Vedanta. These works contain not only the basic teachings

of Advaita but also cover the ethical and moral

pre-requisites to study advaita vedanta.

 

The purpose to start this series is two-fold. I wish to

improve my understanding of the fundamentals of advaita

vedanta. What better way to do it than to study and discuss

the introductory texts of advaita in advaita-l? The other

reason is that, I have seen basic questions about advaita

being posed repeatedly on this list. I feel that a sincere

study of the prakaraNa granthas would answer most if not

all

such questions. Considering that our membership has soared

in recent months and quite a few of our new members have

expressed their desire to learn the basics, this venture,

I hope, would be an useful one.

 

I wish to declare up front that I am a sanskrit novice

and that this is my maiden venture in transliteration of

sanskrit literature. Please bear with me.

I request the knowledgeable list members to correct my

mistakes. As always, your comments are most welcome.

 

Notes on Posts

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1. The subject of all posts would be pre-fixed with PGS,

indicating the prakaraNa grantha series, followed by the

name of the text and the shloka number.

 

2. I intend to go at a slow pace to facilitate ample

discussion.

 

3. All the posts should be searcheable by indicating the

PGS in the subject line. To facilitate this, please

reply

with PGS as part of the subject.

 

4. Due to my limited knowledge of sanskrit, the posts would

have minimal sanskrik ( or more English ). Again, I

kindly request the knowledgeable list members to fill in

the blanks.

 

Thanks,

 

-Vivek.

 

bhava Shankara deshikame SharaNam!

 

 

 

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