unsubscribing from the group

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Dear members,

Let me thank all the members for imparting me some basics of advaita. I find it difficult to understand the concepts of nirvikalpa samadhi and other subtle things. I am opting out of the group as I find myself inadequate in participating in all these discussions; nor am I able to find any relevance of these concepts to my life. So I dont want to be a drag any longer.

Thanking you,

Sankarraman

 

 

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advaitin, Ganesan Sankarraman <shnkaran wrote:

>

> Dear members,

> Let me thank all the members for

imparting me some basics of advaita. I find it difficult to

understand the concepts of nirvikalpa samadhi and other subtle

things. I am opting out of the group as I find myself inadequate in

participating in all these discussions; nor am I able to find any

relevance of these concepts to my life. So I dont want to be a drag

any longer.

> Thanking you,

> Sankarraman

 

Dear Sri Sankarraman

 

I felt very sad reading your mail with heavy heart for losing a friend

from the group and felt a bit demoralised as I too a novice in a

similar position if not worse. Most of the Active Contributors are

great scholars who are working tirelessly for so many decades on

Sankara Vedanta like Bhashyas on Prasthanatraya. It is very difficult

to think at their wavelength and comprehend things from their

postings. I too feel very inadequate to participate in any discussion.

 

But I feel this group itself is a miracle where we can interact and

ask doubts and get clarifications from the scholars who are located at

different corners of the globe. Generally it is difficult to find a

single man with advaitic flavour. Here it is possible to see and

interact with huge group of highly calibred scholars (Mahanubhavas). I

feel fortunate and a bit proud to be a member of this group. I feel

very happy getting a response from the esteemed members of the group

to any of my postings of ignorance. I feel some times actually I am

disturbing the serious discussions in the group.

 

Even with the feelings of these inadequacies I feel I am learing many

things in Advaita from the in addition to English language at which I

am not so good. Particularly the rich teassure of around 30000

poastings archive and going throgh it gives a great experience and the

selective good articles kept for the new comers are very usefull.

 

By purvajanma sukrita we get advaita vasana in this birth and satsanga

with advaitins. It is said that 'till going to bed and till the time

of death the time should be spent in vedanta vichara'(Aasupteh

aamriteh kalam nayed vedanta chintaya) here I see so many members

giving their great part of their valuable time to vedanta vichara. we

are fortunate just to be asscoated with them.

 

I feel unsubsribing to group is a drastic step and request you to

think once again before doing it.

 

with respects

 

 

Moses Yesupadam

[Guest guest]

Dear Shri Yesupadam,

 

You really deserve to be called Yesupadam for your big heart and

good feelings. Hope Shri Sankarramanji returns.

 

Thanks and praNAms.

 

Madathil Nair

 

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advaitin, "moses_yesupadam"

<moses_yesupadam wrote:

....> But I feel this group itself is a miracle where we can interact

and

> ask doubts and get clarifications from the scholars who are

located at

> different corners of the globe. Generally it is difficult to

find a

> single man with advaitic flavour. Here it is possible to see and

> interact with huge group of highly calibred scholars

(Mahanubhavas). I

> feel fortunate and a bit proud to be a member of this

group..........

 

> I feel unsubsribing to group is a drastic step and request you

(Shri Sankarraman) to

> think once again before doing it.

[Guest guest]

 

moses_yesupadam <moses_yesupadam >

 

 

 

By purvajanma sukrita we get advaita vasana in this birth and satsanga

with advaitins. It is said that 'till going to bed and till the time

of death the time should be spent in vedanta vichara'(Aasupteh

aamriteh kalam nayed vedanta chintaya) here I see so many members

giving their great part of their valuable time to vedanta vichara. we

are fortunate just to be asscoated with them.

 

 

 

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Shree Moses Yesupadam - my PraNAms.

Your endorsement of the activities of the advaitin list serve is heartwarming. Along with all the moderators I want to thank you for your sweet compliments.

Shree Ram Chandran has from time to time requesting a feed back from the audience - the topics that we would like it to be discussed. The list serve caters to everybody's needs and those who are more knowledgeable are always happy to address questions at any level. Through this internet electronic media, we have a global sat sangh and it is up to us to make use of it for our ShravaNa (paTana), mananam and nidhidhyaasana. Discussion is the accepted format for learning the scriptures and Chinmaya Mission recognizing this have initiated study groups where people meet once a week and discuss the scriptures. That is how I learned whatever I have learned. Internet provides convening way of discussing without meeting in person. Actually I met many people through this internet. I was fortunate to have personal acquaintance with many who are contributors to this list - Shree Dennis Waite, who may be busy now writing his third book on advaita Vedanta, Professor VK, Shree

Bhaskarji, Shree Subbuji, out little Buddhist monk Shree Nanda Chandran who keeps showing up once in a way to have a debate with me; just to name a few.

The bottom line is it is up to the members to make worthy contributions and moderators come in only to make sure the discussions are done with utmost respect to the discussers. Discussion on Nidhidhyaasana is providing various perspectives on the topic for those who want to understand its role in the self-realization. There is Geeta discussion that has started some time back and many of these converge back to the central theme - how do I make use of these for my saadhana - in that sense the discussion on Nidhidhyaasana is important - to know - is it essential or is it another path or is it unnecessary. Clear understanding would help those who are eager to know.

There is lot of silent majority who participates in silence and the moderators would like to hear from them their feed back in terms of how to make the list serve to serve them better. We are fortunate to have many scholars on the list to help us in understanding the scriptures. But it is up to us to make use of their knowledge.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

[Guest guest]

> ______________

>

> advaitin, "moses_yesupadam"

> <moses_yesupadam@> wrote:

> ...> But I feel this group itself is a miracle where we can

interact

> and

> > ask doubts and get clarifications from the scholars who are

> located at

> > different corners of the globe. Generally it is difficult to

> find a

> > single man with advaitic flavour. Here it is possible to see and

> > interact with huge group of highly calibred scholars

> (Mahanubhavas). I

> > feel fortunate and a bit proud to be a member of this

> group..........

>

> > I feel unsubsribing to group is a drastic step and request you

> (Shri Sankarraman) to

> > think once again before doing it.

 

Namaste, Shri Yesupadam,

 

You have rightly emphasized that the whole purpose of this list is

to provide a sat-sangh and to illuminate more and more people.

Maybe some of the discussions turn out to be high-founded and seem

to take place over the heads of the lay reader. Doesn't matter.

There are several other posts which try to reach the uninitiated

member and provide explanations from fundamentals.

*yat sara-bhUtaM tad-upAsitavyaM* : Whatever is of the essence that

should be revered. So, each according to his needs. You are right,

Yesupadam-ji when you say that to leave the group just because one

does not understand some of the posts is counter-productive.

 

At the same time, may I take this opportunity to appeal to the

scholars on this list that every time they carry on a discussion,

even on a technical point, they should remember there are hundreds

of readers looking forward to understand and so they should write in

a more expository way instead of a lawyer's way of meeting an

objection of the opposition and addressing only the Judge?

 

PraNAms to all advaitins.

profvk