Whyare we arguing about religion etc

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I fully agree with Mr.Tony reg this .We have to use our limited span of life for

more fruitful discussins. Very many thanks to group members for bringing out

many useful aspects of advaita.- gjanardanannair-

 

 

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>From Sankarraman,

 

I agree with you sir that it would be better if our

discussions are centred around advaita as a liberating

knowledge. If we are not able to agree with the world

views of some of the saints and philosophers, let us

brush aside all our personal passions and biases and

try to orient the topic to the essence. Further, it would be more relevant, if

we could be somewhat meditative in articulating our views.

 

As pointed out in this forum,

Advaita is not the domain of any nation or religion,

but constitutes something beyond time and space. If

our essential nature is the Self, we must ponder as to

why we find ourselves in the present predicament, and

try to arrive at what is that we are seeking in this

world, that keeps us chained to this samsara. We are

intellectually conversant with the factors that keep

us tied down to this phenomenal world; but it does not

help us. If we say it is our karma, then it makes us

to take time to eliminate it, which itself is apriori

a karma. So how can we penetrate this avidya without

examining its relative manifestations, and seeking

their causation which leads us to an infinite

regressus. Some basic fundamental question, which does

not have any answer, has to be raised. It may be, "who

am I", or anything else. I think that karma is not

individualistic, but collective. A perception of the

whole only can make us so much as understand our

problem at a non-verbal level. At that level we would

not try to solve any problem, unless it is empirical,

because, we will have known that the problem is

traceable to the essence of individuality. If

Nisargdatta and Krishnamurthy have been able to

realize the truth, then, surely, it is possible for

all of us, perhaps not in the way in we think that

avidya would make us believe.

 

Yours ever in Bhaghavan

Sankarramn

 

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Hari OM!

 

Dear Sankarramanji,

 

Advaita is the domain of our Hindu Religion and also it is from India, it is

the development of Human mind's deep study during meditation by Rishis! yes

it is universally applicable.

 

With Love & OM

 

Krishna Prasad

 

 

 

On 12/7/05, Ganesan Sankarraman <shnkaran wrote:

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> > From Sankarraman,

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> As pointed out in this forum,

> Advaita is not the domain of any nation or religion,

> but constitutes something beyond time and space. If

> that...................................

 

 

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avidya would make us believe.

>

> Yours ever in Bhaghavan

> Sankarramn

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