New Member Introduction - Welcome to Durgaji

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Namaste:

 

Namaste:

 

Let us welcome Durgaji, a new member to the list. We

can look forward to Durgaji's active participation in

the list discussions with thoughtful insights and

comments.

 

Warmest regards,

 

 

--- durga <durgaji108 wrote:

>

> Namaste

>

> I first came in contact with the teachings of

> advaita/vedanta in 1991 when I met H.W. L. Poonja in

> Lucknow. I told him that I had been feeling a bit

> lost in America, and he asked me, “Why don’t you put

> America inside the Self?” Although I had been a

> spiritual seeker for 20 years, and a long-time

> devotee of Neem Karoli Baba, I had no idea what Shri

> Poonjaji was talking about.

> Afterwards I studied with Jean Klein, with whom I

> had a very strong, although brief connection, as he

> died shortly after I met him. For a few weeks I had

> the privilege of cooking for him at his house in

> Santa Barbara, and thereby spending time with him in

> a private and informal setting.

> I met Shri Ranjit Maharaj in 1996 and had the

> privilege of hosting him and helping to organize his

> western satsangs in 1998 and 1999. Maharaj took his

> samadhi in November of 2000.

>

> At present I am studying with a long-time disciple

> of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.

>

> I have been attending weekly classes for about a

> year. My teacher unfolds classic vedantic texts.

> We are just finishing studying Advaita Makaranda,

> the Nectar of Advaita.

> Finally I feel as if all I heard from Poonjaji, Jean

> Klein and Ranjit Maharaj is starting to make sense.

> It is like having a map. A map to nowhere, but a

> useful map. I am reminded of a book which was

> popular about 12 years ago, “The Way Things Work”.

>

> Only perhaps one could say of Vedanta,”The Way It

> Is”. I am very grateful to all of my teachers and

> to That which guides me.

>

> The information on this list is the most useful and

> interesting I have seen anywhere on the internet,

> and I look forward to reading what is shared here.

>

>

>

> Om shanti, shanti, shanti

 

 

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