Advaita Discussion Topics - During 2003 and beyond!

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Namaste:

 

We all consider 'discussion topics' as a valuable means of enhancing

our understanding of Shankara's advaita philosophy. Consequently, I

browsed through the list archive and collected the list of topics

discussed during this year. The topics for the months of March,

April, May, August, September and October were (will be) led by list

members. Interestingly during January, February, June and July list

foccused on the topics listed under respective months without any

designated leaders. Potential topics for future months are also

listed below and we are looking for volunteers who can dedicate their

time to prepare and lead the discussions.

 

The file "Advaita Discussion Topics" at the site with the

URL: advaitin

contains the details. This file will be updated regularly and will be

a useful reference file for the members.

 

January: advaita and visistadvaita

February: Blessed are the Peacemakers

March: Meaning of Consciousness is One (Sri Benjamin)

April:Fate and Freewill(Sri Dennis)

May: j'nana and Bhakti (Sri Gummuluru and Sri Sunder)

June: Some Ideas on Avatars (moderators)

July: How I discovered the Awareness watching Awareness method.

August: Paramacharya's Discourses on Saundaryalahari (ProfVK)

September: Is there light in Enlightenment? (Sri Madathil Nair)

October: Non-Existence of Objects (Sri Greg and Sri Benjamin)

 

Potential List of Topics for Future Months:

1. srishti-drshti vada of advaita (Doctrine of creation & perception)

2. Naive Realism - the philosophical doctrine that physical object

continue to exist when not perceived

3. Perspective of Bhagavad Gita as the Yoga Sastra?

4. Perspective of Bhagavad Gita as the Brahma Vidya?

5. Historical perspective of Shankara's Advaita philosophy

6. karma and/or karma-phala: what is it and its role in advaita

7. proper understanding of wake-up/dream/deep-sleep states