Monthly Discussion Topics - Request for Discussion topics and Leaders

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Namaste:

 

The introduction of 'monthly discussion topics' is a great success

and the list moderators want to convey their gratitude to the

discussion leaders, the participating members and the silence

majority. We also want to congratulate Sri Nair who leads this

month's discussion for a stimulating discussion.

 

Sri Greg (a doctrate in philosophy and a fellow moderator) will be

leading next month's discussion - "Non-Existence of Objects." In all

probability, Sri Benjamin will join and give his hand and mind to the

next month's discussion.

 

We request members to review the proposed discussion topics and

provide their feedback as soon as possible. We also need some

volunteers with computer and language skills who can consolidate the

discussions into a single file by topics. (Similar to the ones

assembled in the file section folder - "Advaitin List Themes."

Thanks in advance to volunteers who come forward to render

their 'Karma Yagna Sadhana.'

 

Warmest regards,

 

Advaitin List Moderators

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

URL: advaitin

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

become 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

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)

November: AdhyArOpApavAda's role in advaita siddhAnta (Sri Bhasker)

December: Purushartha (Human fundamental aspirations) (Sri Ram

Chandran)

 

Potential List of Topics for year 2004:

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

8. Vedantic (also Gita's) perception of key to Happiness