Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Dear Friends in the Advaitin Community: I have uploaded and article on vegetarianism by Sada-ji to I believe the article is very suitable for many different audiences and is both educational as well as philosophical. In this article, Sada-Ji discusses a practical question that frequently comes up among many students of Hinduism as well as many Westernized Hindus. The question is, “Should I become a vegetarian?†I took the liberty to edit and restructure Sada-Ji’s original e-mail answer to this question for the purpose of this article to give it an easier reading flow. I hope that justice has been done to Sada-Ji’s explanations and that I have stayed within the limits of editorial license. Of course, any errors are mine and as soon as these are pointed out will be promptly corrected. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 -Dear Harsha ji, I am sorry that your edited article on vegetarianism cannot be found in your web address. It is blank. Please correct and post it again with Regards Dr.Kurri Pakirareddy United kingdom -- In advaitin , Harsha wrote: > > Dear Friends in the Advaitin Community: > > I have uploaded and article on vegetarianism by Sada-ji to > > > > I believe the article is very suitable for many different audiences and > is both educational as well as philosophical. > > In this article, Sada-Ji discusses a practical question that frequently > comes up among many students of Hinduism as well as many Westernized > Hindus. The question is, “Should I become a vegetarian?†> > I took the liberty to edit and restructure Sada-Ji’s original e- mail > answer to this question for the purpose of this article to give it an > easier reading flow. I hope that justice has been done to Sada- Ji’s > explanations and that I have stayed within the limits of editorial > license. Of course, any errors are mine and as soon as these are pointed > out will be promptly corrected. Thank you for your understanding and > patience. > > Harsha > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 --- Harsha wrote: > Dear Friends in the Advaitin Community: > > I have uploaded and article on vegetarianism by > Sada-ji to > > Harshaji - you did an excellent editing job. I do not believe I wrote that! The original version may be more than 10yrs old. If the moderators of this list agree this edited version can be stored in the archieves. Harshaji, I have a job opening for you (of course without any salary)! I have a whole book to be edited - " Discussions on the advaita vedanta " . It is around 600-700 pages. Two young people, Sunil and Monica, are working on it to separate into smaller volumes. Of course I also need a publisher willing to publish the book (or books). Thanks again. Hari OM! Sadananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Sadaji : You underestimate yourself. Even before i became a 'formal' member of Advaitin list in my id as 'adi _shakthi16 or Dhyanasaraswati etc etc , i used to read your various messages in the old Advaitin list ! At that time , you were a fully active employee of U.S Naval Research Lab - you were my first exposure to Advaita as well as to the teachings of Poojya Gurudev Chinmayananadaji. i always admired the way in which you explained the various Slokas in the Srimad Bhagvad gita and the teachings of the upanishads , specially Mandukya upanishads . Sadaji, more recently,you participated in a special day camp during the memorial day weekend at the Chinmaya mission in Silver Spring, Md. i believe you did speak on Sri Lakshmidara Kavi's Advaita Makranada,a beautiful text of 28 verses of the nectar of Upanishadic mantras ! Here is great opportunity to share this great text with a captive 'audience' in this group ! why don't you ? May be our new member Bhagwan Shastry can also benefit ! Sadaji , something that you wrote in My beloved Friend Benjamin's web site Sunyaprajna is worthy of being reproduced here : " The very teaching of Advaita involves a dichotomy - in the dialectic arguments [of the dualists opposed to the Advaitins] they use this itself to dismiss Advaita saying [that] the very teaching and teacher-student [relationship] violate Advaita. Hence all Advaitic masters take the scriptural teaching as adhyaaropa apavaada - where the teaching starts at dvaita [or dualistic] level and step by step takes the student to give up that dvaita (neti neti) to go beyond dvaita since advaitic state cannot be pointed or taught [is ultimately ineffable]. That is why I keep reinforcing that even the scriptures classify themselves as lower knowledge. I would put two more pillars [to the three I provide above] - if I may - 'this everything' is Brahman - and brahma vit brahma eva bhavati - the knower of Brahman becomes Brahman. Instead of illusory duality - I would call it 'experientially dualistic' " http://www.sunyaprajna.com/Advaita/AdvaiticDichotomy.html That was in 2003 and we are now in 2007 ! To Paraphrase Shakespeare . Age has not withered your enthusiasm nor staled your style ! Hari Aum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Dear Sada-Ji: Good to hear from you and thanks for the kind note. Your article is suited for a broad international audience and people with different backgrounds with varying interests in vegetarianism can benefit from it without feeling guilty about their choices. It is well written, entertaining, and will engage the young people who need to hear your message. Now that it has your approval, I will announce it on a few other lists. The link should be working for everyone in all countries. I enjoyed working on your article and it was a labor of love. Same with Prof VK's article on Jada Bharata. I have also been looking at Shyam-Ji's e-mail on vegetarianism and perhaps will be able to do something with that. I don't know Sanskrit and so that is a major constraint I have to wrestle with. Sada-Ji, I would love to work on your book. However, since I work full time at a job, time is a limiting factor in terms of how much I can contribute. As you can see, transforming your one e-mail into an article took about 4-5 months! I think you need people on your writing and editorial staff who are much quicker and sharper. I am glad to be of some service to great souls like yourself, Prof VK, and others here. Namaste and love to all Harsha kuntimaddi sadananda wrote: > > > Harshaji - you did an excellent editing job. I do not > believe I wrote that! The original version may be more > than 10yrs old. If the moderators of this list agree > this edited version can be stored in the archieves. > > Harshaji, I have a job opening for you (of course > without any salary)! I have a whole book to be edited > - " Discussions on the advaita vedanta " . It is around > 600-700 pages. Two young people, Sunil and Monica, are > working on it to separate into smaller volumes. > > Of course I also need a publisher willing to publish > the book (or books). > > Thanks again. > > Hari OM! > Sadananda > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Dear Harsha ji, You must excuse me that I said that I could not find the article. Now I found by going right below on the same page. It was misleading as one would expect to see the article on the top. Sorry for my ignorance. I enjoyed reading the article Dr.Kurri Pakirareddy United kingdom In advaitin , " pakira_reddy " <pakirareddy wrote: > > -Dear Harsha ji, I am sorry that your edited article on vegetarianism > cannot be found in your web address. It is blank. Please correct and > post it again > with Regards > Dr.Kurri Pakirareddy > United kingdom > > > > > > -- In advaitin , Harsha <harsha@> wrote: > > > > Dear Friends in the Advaitin Community: > > > > I have uploaded and article on vegetarianism by Sada-ji to > > > > > > > > I believe the article is very suitable for many different audiences > and > > is both educational as well as philosophical. > > > > In this article, Sada-Ji discusses a practical question that > frequently > > comes up among many students of Hinduism as well as many > Westernized > > Hindus. The question is, “Should I become a vegetarian?†> > > > I took the liberty to edit and restructure Sada-Ji’s original e- > mail > > answer to this question for the purpose of this article to give it > an > > easier reading flow. I hope that justice has been done to Sada- > Ji’s > > explanations and that I have stayed within the limits of editorial > > license. Of course, any errors are mine and as soon as these are > pointed > > out will be promptly corrected. Thank you for your understanding > and > > patience. > > > > Harsha > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 advaitin , " dhyanasaraswati " <dhyanasaraswati wrote: > > >Madam dhyanasaraswati ji, Namasthe I am very much pleased to see your post in which Benjamin's " A Basic Advaitic Dichotomy " and the comments of Sadanandaji are very Nice and Worth noting points are there.The website http://www.sunya prajna.com/Advaita/ etc about BRihadaranyaka upanishad is also very informative and worth preserving with us forever. Than Q verymuch. HARI OHM bagawan_sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Bagawan Sastriji: My pleasure entirely. Sri Benjamin is a long time member of this group. He used to contribute regularly and always had an 'interesting' point of view on diverse subjects. He started his own blog and now for some odd reason he has become persona incognito - i have also touch with him. . on another note , Sastriji , if you are interested in learning about the various upanishads and commentaries on them, i would love to direct you to the following web site: http://www.sankaracharya.org/library/Brhadaranyaka.pdf - 3661k http://www.sankaracharya.org/library/chhandogya.pdf - 1787k http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mand Sastriji, that should keep you busy for quite a while! Smile :-) Om Shanti! Shanti! Shantihi! advaitin , " bagawan_sastry " <bagawan_sastry wrote: > > advaitin , " dhyanasaraswati " > <dhyanasaraswati@> wrote: > > > > >Madam dhyanasaraswati ji, > Namasthe > I am very much pleased to see your post in which Benjamin's > " A Basic Advaitic Dichotomy " and the comments of Sadanandaji are very > Nice and Worth noting points are there.The Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 advaitin , " dhyanasaraswati " <dhyanasaraswati wrote: > > Madam dhyanasaraswati ji, Namasthe. Than Q very much for your immediate Reply for my email.I am verymuch interested in Knowing the " YAKSHA PRASNAS " . Perhaps you may remember the context. In MAHABHARATA when pandavas are in Ajnathavasa while Roaming in the Forest all of them felt thirsty.They are not able to move Furthur.Then they sat at one place. Yudhitara ordered his Brother SAHADEVA to go and search for water nearby and to return back so that one after another can go and quench their thirst.Then Sahadeva went and found a fresh water tank.when he begins to drink water he heard a voice from a YAKSHA who is the incharge of that tank asked him to answer his questions before he quench his thirst otherwise he will die.Sahadeva refused to answer and so he was dead.similarly all were died one after other for their refusal.At last Yudhistara was able to answer his questions correctly and able to get back their brothers Alive. These QUESTIONS are very valuable.Will u plz let me know the source of them(Any web site) HARI OHM bagawan_sastry > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Dear Friends: Sada-Ji's article on Hinduism and Vegetarianism has been read by several hundred people, now approaching a thousand. Once in a while I get requests asking to link the blog () to other websites. I appreciate the requests and certainly it is perfectly fine to link to the blog or to the article url specifically. Sada-Ji's article's unique address is 2007/06/06/hinduism-and-vegetarianism-by-dr-k-sadananda/. Namaste and love to all Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Dear Friends: Two wonderful and classic articles on Hinduism and Vegetarianism. These make for light and easy reading, especially for young people struggling with the idea of being a vegetarian. The articles are in simple English and can be read by everyone at all ages. Please forward to anyone who is interested in knowing about the vegetarian perspective and the questions that arise from students regarding it. By Sada-ji: http://luthar.net/hinduism-and-vegetarianism-by-dr-k-sadananda By Shyam-ji: (Shyam is also an M.D.) vegetarian-lifestyle-by-dr-shyam-subramanian Thank you to Sada-ji and Shyam-ji for providing such educational materials. Namaste and love to all Yours in Bhagavan Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Dear Friends: Two wonderful and classic articles on Hinduism and Vegetarianism. These make for light and easy reading, especially for young people struggling with the idea of being a vegetarian. The articles are in simple English and can be read by everyone at all ages. Please forward to anyone who is interested in knowing about the vegetarian perspective and the questions that arise from students regarding it. By Sada-ji: http://luthar.net/hinduism-and-vegetarianism-by-dr-k-sadananda By Shyam-ji: (Shyam is also an M.D.) vegetarian-lifestyle-by-dr-shyam-subramanian Thank you to Sada-ji and Shyam-ji for providing such educational materials. Namaste and love to all Yours in Bhagavan Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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