Guest guest Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Namaste, First of all, we must acknowledge that it is God’s grace that you feel an urge to study Vedanta. For a beginner of Vedanta, from my personal experience, I would like to suggest “Gita Home Study” course devised by Swami Dayananda Saraswati. It is in very simple English and in great detail, and can be followed very easily. I do not know where you are located. If you are in the U.S.A. you may get the course from Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Instt. of Vedanta and Sanskrit, P.O. Box 1059, Saylorsburg, PA 18353, http://www.arshavidya.org And Books Dept. http://books.arshavidya.org You can also get a list of books and tapes, CD etc. published by the Instt., and select, in consultation with learned people in Vedanta, the ones, which you can start reading. Reading itself may not be helpful. Try to hear the lectures/satsang by the disciples of Chinmaya Mission, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, etc. if they are held in your area. When you proceed with commitment, and total devotion to the subject, in due course you will be drawn to a Guru. It may not be that some Sanyasies will come personally to you and help you, but opportunities will come themselves for you to be in touch with a Guru. This has happened to many. Vedanta, to my understanding, is the process of dropping all notions/knowledge we have had all through since birth, about ourselves and others (all other than ourselves i.e. any seen or unseen objects, etc.) including God, as they will not at all help in attaining or getting what we are all really seeking in life; and getting the right knowledge about them. The Phala or result of this will be, we will in due course have inner leisure and peace, as the mind slowly, but definitely, gets freed from all agitations, by start looking at everything including ourselves, and God, afresh, in the light of the ultimate knowledge i.e. Tattwamasi etc. Hari Om R.S.Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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