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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding Advaitin -

An Electronic Discussion Group on Advaita Philosophy

 

 

Advaitin Mailing list is an electronic Spiritual Forum to exchange viewpoints

focusing on Shankara Bhagavtpaadaa's Advaita Philosophy. Advaita is based on

the ancient Vedic Scriptures, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the

Brahmasutras. According to Shankara, Brahman, the infinite consciousness, is

the sole reality. Shankara establishes the essential identity between Atman and

Brahman.

 

Advaita Vedanta holds that all that exists is only Brahman.

The plurality of living and nonliving beings of the entire universe is indeed

nothing but Brahman. The ignorance and misapprehension of this astonishingly

simple truth leads to samsaara. The Atman of the individual jeeva is not

different from Brahman, and realization of this Truth is Moksha.

 

A number of institutions have drawn inspiration from Advaita philosophy which

include Shankara Matha-s, Ramanaashram, Ramakrishna Mission, Sivananda Ashram,

etc. The Internet contains an ocean of literature on Vedanta Philosophy and the

list welcomes discussions that can

bring new insights. The list encourages a wide range of discussion topics

focusing on Shankara, pre-Shankara and post-Shankara Advaita Philosophy.

 

Discussions can go beyond Indian culture and philosophy and the discussants are

welcome to post their personal experiences. The moderators will not hesitate to

exercise their right to curtail

discussions when they consider the discussion is drifting away from the primary

focus.

This list is truly dedicated to Vedavyasa, Shankara, and the lineage of

aachaaryaas extending to the present day. Ramana Maharishi, Ramakrishna

Paramahamsa and other sages and saints of East and West who have dedicated their

life-time on nondual philosophy. Discussions

of insights by sages and saints are welcome. The list intends to facilitate

meaningful discussions in a friendly and pleasant atmosphere with several key

goals:

 

To understand the nature of who we are.

To motivate the beginners in philosophy and help them to understand and

appreciate the message of Scriptures.

To help members to develop an attitude to appreciate that every human

being is good in his/her own way.

 

'Must' sites to study:

 

http://www.geocities.com/profvk/

 

http://www.advaitin.com/

 

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

 

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/

 

Guidelines related to members and postings:

1. Though the primary emphasis focuses on Advaita Vedanta of Shankaracharya,

members have full freedom to explore broader aspects of non-dual philosophies,

activities and news related to Institutions that support Vedanta.

2. The list facilitates courteous exchange of viewpoints from members with

different background. Members can exchange their views on Yogas (Karma, Bhakti,

Jnana and also Raja and Kundalini), book reviews, and quotations on

Spirituality.

3. The list moderators request members not to use this list to sell commercial

products but are encouraged to use this forum to exchange information on books,

tapes, lectures, cultural programs and URL addresses on advaita topics.

4. The list moderators request new members to send a short paragraph of self

introduction. Please understand such introduction can greatly help the fellow

list members to get acquaintance with the new members.

5. At present members can post only messages in text format (ASCII) and mails

with attachments will be deleted by mailing list provider. Please understand

this arrangement will also guarantee protection from computer virus infection!

6. The list expects discussants to engage in friendly discussions focusing on

the subject matter.

 

The moderators request members to avoid personal attacks and remarks demeaning

religions, religious leaders, individuals or groups.

Members who violate will be subject to moderation and repeated violations

will force the moderators to ban the violator from posting to the list.

 

List Archives are available at two sites:

WEB site 1: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/

Latest postings are available and members can search the archive

using author/title/keywords.

 

WEB site 2: advaitin/messages

 

Exchange of Scholarly Articles Between Advaitin and Advaita-L

The primary focus of Advaitin and Advaita-L

(Website: <http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/>) is Shankara's Advaita Philosophy

and both lists have agreed to exchange scholarly articles between them. This

will be facilitated as follows:

1 Scholarly articles posted in Advaitin can be forwarded to Advaita and vice

versa without prior permission from the author.

2 All such forwarded articles should be posted without any editing unless it is

done by the author.

3 Forwarded articles should get full credit to the author appropriately (by

retaining article header and/or by Website address)

4 Both lists encourage knowledgeable authors to post their scholarly articles in

both the lists by subscribing to both the lists. Members who want to join and

contribute articles to Advaita-L are encouraged to read its list policies and

scope by visiting the above mentioned homepage.

 

More Helpful Guidelines:

 

As a member of this list, you get the privilege to post your viewpoint and the

list expects you to observe civility and cordiality.

 

Sending your reply: Please take some time to edit and compress while sending a

reply to a post. You are obligated to remove unnecessary portions before

clicking the 'send' option. Your reply post should not contain the entire

article of the previous post.

 

The List mailing address, <advaitin> is only for postings

articles or replies and not for any personal agenda or propoganda materials.

 

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To send an email to List Moderators: moderators

 

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Please feel free to send an email with your specific request to the moderators

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The advaitin list webspace (</advaitin>) provided by

contains extensive background materials related to advaita

vedanta. This webspace is available for use to all members of this list.

However, .com expects everyone who wants to use their webspace to

register their name and email address with them. This is a price that we have to

pay to get the free webspace and free mailing list service. For registration and

help to access the webspace, please contact http://help./help/groups/

 

Advaitin List Webspace Bookmarks

There is an extensive list of bookmarks (links) to sites and classified into

distinct folders. Please review them at your convenience, and let the moderators

know of any dead links, inaccurate

listing or information, etc and contact him if you have questions and/or

suggestions.

 

Advaitin List Webspace Files

File Folders with background information on advaita vedanta.

Example Topics:

Advaitasiddhi (Topics in the advaitasiddhi by Madhusudana

Articles (Articles on Advaita and other related files)

Gita (Bhagawad Gita)

Members (Introductions and Photos of list members)

Moderate (Moderation related files)

Notes on Brahmasuutra (Notes based on H.H.Swami Paramaarthananda's

lectures on Shankara Bhaashya )

Ramanashram (Arunachalam - Ramana Maharshi Ashram)

Saints (Saints of India)

 

Members who want to help in updating the bookmarks and files folders are always

welcome. If each of us take a little time to help the moderators by providing

inputs, this will help all the members to save lots of time. Also it is our

Dharma to do whatever little help that we can afford to do to the universal

community. According to advaita knowledge is one of the essential component of

Jiva and through knowledge, we can make the universe to be a better place

to live for all of us.

 

With warmest regards from the Moderators:

 

Ananda Wood

Dennis Waite

Gregory Goode

Kuntimaddi Sadananda

Madathil Rajendran Nair

Sunder Hattangadi

Ram Chandran

Prof. V. Krishnamurthy – Chief Moderator

 

 

Founder Members and Consultant Moderators:

 

Frank Maiello

Gummuluru Murthy

Madhava Turumella