Happy Birthday - Decenial Celebrations - Request to Greet the Group

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'ADVAITIN' Happy Birthday to Advaitin Group. Now we are in Decenial

Celebrations of our group. Our group took birth on 31st August 1998.

 

Sri Ramachander 'Ramya 475' gifted the translation of

APAROKSHAANUBHUTI to the Advaitin group. It's a great addition to the

existing Knowledge. May I convey greetings and congratulations on

behalf of our group for this Knowledge addition.

 

You are requested to join in these celebrations by sending a

small message of your interesting word, sentence or sloka.

 

I convey my Greetings to our Advaitin --

 

" One should lift onself by one's own efforts and should not

degrade oneself; for one's own self is one's friend, and one's self is

one's enemy. "

Dr. Goli

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advaitin , " golianjaneyulu " <golianjaneyulu

wrote:

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> 'ADVAITIN' Happy Birthday to Advaitin Group. Now we are in Decenial

> Celebrations of our group. Our group took birth on 31st August 1998.

Namaste all

 

My Greetings to the Group:(A subhAshhita shloka)

 

vidyA vivAdAya dhanaM madAya shaktiH pareshhAM para-pIDanAya /

khalasya sAdhor-viparItam-etat jnAnAya dAnAya ca rakshhaNAya //

 

meaning, Between the vicious and the noble, the difference is this:

Knowledge is used for argument, wealth is used for arrogance, and might

for troubling others; while they are really meant for opposite aims,

namely, attaining wisdom, for charity, and for protection.

 

PraNAms to all advaitins.

profvk

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praNAms to all Advaitins,

 

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> 'ADVAITIN' Happy Birthday to Advaitin Group. Now we are in Decenial

> Celebrations of our group. Our group took birth on 31st August 1998.

 

I wish the group a very happy birthday, with wishes for ensuring

fruitful discussions in many more years to come.

 

A sincere thanks to the founding members of the group (both current

and past members) who conceived the idea of such a wonderful place

in the web.

 

A sincere thanks to the moderators of the group (both current and past),

who have ensured that good and fruitful discussion happens in the group

all the time.

 

Also, a sincere thanks to all the learned members of the group (both

current and past) who have been stellar examples of communicating

the truth of Advaita.

 

Thanks, it has been a wonderful learning experience.

 

> You are requested to join in these celebrations by sending a

> small message of your interesting word, sentence or sloka.

 

I quote verse 10.9 from Bhagavad Gita, which is when Lord Krishna

sets the tone for an ideal Satsangh.

 

mach{}chittaa madgatapraaNaa bodhayantaH parasparam.h .

kathayantashcha maa.n nitya.n tushhyanti cha ramanti cha .. 10\.9..

 

With minds fixed on Me, with lives dedicated to Me, enlightening each other,

and always speaking of Me, they derive satisfaction and rejoice.

 

Note that Lord Krishna uses the words tushhyanti and ramanti in the

above verse. Their meaning is worth meditating, as this shloka is

followed by the most unique promise by Lord Krishna: That He will give

His devotees the proper knowledge to attain Him.

 

praNAms to all Advaitins,

Ramakrishna

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Dear List and Members:

 

I would like to convey my most deep appreciation and gratitude to all

members of this list for all these years of discussions.

Some of us who didn't yet had the 'good fortune' of meeting a true

Guru that is still alive, we try to do our best with whatever tools

The Inner Sadguru present to us, and as for myself, being relatively

new to the list and to Vedantic Teachings, our list has proved to be,

at least for me, one of those most invaluable tools I could have in

these last two years. A gift.

I had the good luck, honor and pleasure to have interacted and meet in

person some of the learned members that participate actively in

Advaitin and what I encountered wasn't a myriad of dry scholarly, on

the contrary, I met warm, deep and happy human beings.

 

I bow to this List, and to All Members behind, and eventually to that

Silence that permeate all our interactions, no matter how noisy they

may be.

 

Happy Birthday Advaitin List!

 

Mouna

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--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Dennis Waite <dwaite wrote:

 

adRRiShTam – (it is) unseen (by any of the senses) [dRRiShTa means, seen,

perceived, visible, apparent];

avyavahAryam – nothing to do with ‘worldy’ things [vyavahArya is to do

with common practice, ordinary life, conduct, behaviour etc. i.e. transactions

within vyavahAra];

agrAhyam – beyond understanding [grAhya means to be perceived, recognized or

understood];

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Dennis - one interpretation is

adRiShTam - means beyond the five jnaanedriyaas -

agraahyam means beyond the five karmendriyaas - grahaNam also means to catch -

where organs of action are involved in catching.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda