Summary of essays posted during July-August discussion

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

In the month of August 2004, I had agreed to write a summary of the

nine essays that were posted to the group as part of the discussion

for the July (and August) topic of 'The Real and the Unreal'. I had

been postponing this task, partly due to a busy schedule that left me

with little spare time to write, and partly because the task of

writing a summary proved to be tougher than writing the essays

themselves. However, during the last weekend, I put pen to paper and

produced a summary of sorts. In writing this summary, I have

emphasised the dialectical aspect of Advaita, which according to me

is the central logical device used in Shankara's bhashyas for the

exposition of the non-dual truth. I had already indicated the

dialectical nature of Advaita in the closing lines of the third

essay, but I had not expanded on the theme in the subsequent essays,

and it appeared to be a good idea to approach the summary from this

angle.

 

I will be posting the summary later today and would request the

learned members not to start a fresh debate given that two months

have already been spent in discussing the topic.

 

Warm regards,

Chittaranjan

[Guest guest]

Namaste:

 

Thanks for willing to provide an executive summary of the two months

discussions for members to read during the upcoming Holiday season.

Your request to members not to start any new debate on the discussed

topic is quite timely and important.

 

Those members who can't stop their temptations, may please send your

comments directly to Sri Chittaranjan through private email. If some

of those emails warrant a reply, Sri Chittaranjan may be able to do

so after two weeks. As learned members of the list, we do need to

respect the wishes of Sri Chittaranjan and I hope that we can all do

it!

 

Happy Thanks Giving to all,

 

Warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

advaitin, "Chittaranjan Naik"

<chittaranjan_naik> wrote:

>

> Namaste,

>

>

> I will be posting the summary later today and would request the

> learned members not to start a fresh debate given that two months

> have already been spent in discussing the topic.

>

> Warm regards,

> Chittaranjan

[Guest guest]

advaitin, "Ram Chandran" <RamChandran@a...> wrote:

>

>

> Thanks for willing to provide an executive summary of the two months

> discussions for members to read during the upcoming Holiday season.

> Your request to members not to start any new debate on the discussed

> topic is quite timely and important.

>

 

Namaste,

 

The summary and the revised table have been added to the

Bibliography file below:

 

What is Real and Unreal by Sri Chittaranjan Naik

 

The original compilation of the 9-part series is at:

 

PDF file is available at the advaitin Site:

http://www.advaitin.com/LinksToListDiscussions.html

 

 

List Moderators

[Guest guest]

I am a new member. I could not read all the earlier posts yet.

 

But in the mean time a question props up in my mind. It seems all

members of this group have understood Advaita vaadam very well. From the

kind of debate and discussion that is happening that is what I conclude.

 

But so what? Has this group already discussed, "Therefore what change

does it make to my life? How do I live my life with this knowledge of

non-duality devoid of forms and names?". May be you would have already

discussed. But from the sequence I thought if we had come to that stage

then we wouldn't have gone back to the debate on the theory!

 

 

 

- Taranandanatha

 

 

 

advaitins [advaitins]

23 November, 2004 8:13 PM

advaitin

Re: Summary of essays posted during July-August

discussion

 

 

advaitin, "Ram Chandran" <RamChandran@a...>

wrote:

>

>

> Thanks for willing to provide an executive summary of the two months

> discussions for members to read during the upcoming Holiday season.

> Your request to members not to start any new debate on the discussed

> topic is quite timely and important.

>

 

Namaste,

 

The summary and the revised table have been added to the

Bibliography file below:

 

What is Real and Unreal by Sri Chittaranjan Naik

 

The original compilation of the 9-part series is at:

 

PDF file is available at the advaitin Site:

http://www.advaitin.com/LinksToListDiscussions.html

 

 

List Moderators

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Chittaranjan-ji,

 

Great to see that you have got around to the summary. For those on the list

who did not read these, they are available in nine separate essays at my

website, beginning with www.advaita.org.uk/realist_chittaranjan.htm . I will

add the summary within the next day or so and read it through there. (By the

way, are you still intending also to produce a glossary?)

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

[Guest guest]

Namaste Nandakumar-ji,

 

The theme of the Monthly Topic in September 2004 was

"The Place of Practice in Advaita Vedanta". (Message #s 24398 to

24734). You may find some answers to the question you have raised. We

can return to the theme if you would post your own personal views.

 

The same topics do get repeated, theory or practice,

as new members join in and ask the questions that are uppermost in

their minds. Not all postings will hold equal interest for every

member, but patience will pay off as different members will express

their views in a variety of ways, knowing full well that language

alone will never be able to capture the personal intuition and its

impact on personal life.

 

 

 

List Moderators

 

 

advaitin, "Nandakumar Menon" <nandakumarn@h...>

wrote:

>

> I am a new member. I could not read all the earlier posts yet.

>

> But in the mean time a question props up in my mind. It seems all

> members of this group have understood Advaita vaadam very well. From the

> kind of debate and discussion that is happening that is what I conclude.

>

> But so what? Has this group already discussed, "Therefore what change

> does it make to my life? How do I live my life with this knowledge of

> non-duality devoid of forms and names?". May be you would have already

> discussed.

[Guest guest]

Dear Dennis-ji,

 

Thank you Sir. Sunderji had sent me some terms to include in the

glossary, but I haven't begun working on it. As things are, I think

I'll drop the idea of producing a glossary. But it would be a good

idea to have glossary in the list's files section that would include

all the common terms used in Advaita Vedanta. If there are volunteers

for the same, maybe the moderators can consider it to be taken up as

a separate project. Just a thought.

 

Warm regards,

Chittaranjan

 

 

advaitin, "Dennis Waite" <dwaite@a...> wrote:

> Hi Chittaranjan-ji,

>

> Great to see that you have got around to the summary. For

> those on the list who did not read these, they are available

> in nine separate essays at my website, beginning with

> www.advaita.org.uk/realist_chittaranjan.htm . I will

> add the summary within the next day or so and read it

> through there. (By the way, are you still intending also

> to produce a glossary?)

>

> Best wishes,

> Dennis

[Guest guest]

advaitin, "Chittaranjan Naik"

<chittaranjan_naik> wrote:

>

> Dear Dennis-ji,

>

> Thank you Sir. Sunderji had sent me some terms to include in the

> glossary, but I haven't begun working on it. As things are, I think

> I'll drop the idea of producing a glossary. But it would be a good

> idea to have glossary in the list's files section that would include

> all the common terms used in Advaita Vedanta.

 

Namaste,

 

The following sites have good glossaries; if anyone finds

additional words not available there, we can add a supplement.

 

http://www.katha.org/Academics/GLOSSARY%20A-H.html {ADVAITA VEDANTA

http://www.angelfire.com/co/advaitavedanta/Glossary1.html } D Krishna

Ayyar

 

http://www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit_intro_eot.htm

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

p.s.

 

Other useful sites:

 

http://www.sanatan.org/en/glossary/a.htm

 

http://www.yogaadvaita.org/text/glossary-a.shtml

 

http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ocglos/og-hp.htm