Guest guest Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 namaste all; could any one tell me how an aspirant of advaita vedanta would pray? is there a need for him to pray? is meditation on self the only sadhana for him? thanks sajith........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Namaste, Like anyone else, with sincerity. Love bob rose - sajith Ramakrishna Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:16 PM [sri Ramakrishna] advaita namaste all;could any one tell me how an aspirant of advaita vedanta would pray?is there a need for him to pray?is meditation on self the only sadhana for him?thankssajith........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Ramakrishna , " sajith " <sajithachuthank wrote: > > namaste all; > could any one tell me how an aspirant of advaita vedanta would pray? > is there a need for him to pray? > is meditation on self the only sadhana for him? Namaste, An excellent reference is: http://www.geocities.com/profvk/VK2/Advaita_Saadhanaa.html " .....It is not as if only the mokSha of the `dualistic'kind is what will be obtained by all the followers of the Bhakti path till the end. That was said only with respect to those devotees who circumscribe themselves by a non-advaitic philosophy. But in actuality, when one adheres to bhakti that comes from the heart and overflows in its own natural way, it cannot be circumscribed by any boundary. Such were the devotees, like the Alwars and Nayanamars. Instead of limiting themselves to visishtadavaita or shaiva- siddhanta, they just allowed themselves freely to be led by their noblest emotion of bhakti, wherever it tossed them, to whatever experiences they were subjected to. For many of them, even this process was not enough; they were not satisfied with doing this from outside, they wanted to be one with their Ultimate. They poured all this in their songs and some have sung about the non-dual experience that they were blessed with. Such travellers who journeyed on the path of parA-bhakti and were led on to the continuous state - *anusandhAnaM* - of one-ness, will not go to the saguNa-brahman of Brahma-loka. Instead they will reach the MokSha of non-dual Realisation (*advaita-sAkShAtkAra-mukti*). The person who by himself does not do any yoga-SAdhanA, but keeps on praying to God that He should grant him advaita-mokSha, to him also the Lord grants the Brahma-nirvANa, that is superior to Brahma- loka. What the pilgrim on the jnAna-path obtains, through his SAdhanA, without recognising that it is also the Grace of God, this devotee-type person obtains by prayer, knowing full well it is the blessing/benediction (prasAda) of God. Of course elder traditionalists in our religion may say that the Lord might not just give him advaita-mokSha on a platter, he will also be turned towards the jnAna path and then only he will be made to reach his goal. Thus there are several yogas. In one of these it has been stated that one should hold on to the primeval shakti, hold on to it and rise on the sushumnA nADi, chakra after chakra, and finally through that Power reach the Source of that Power, namely the ShivaM that is Brahman and unite with it in one-ness. And that mukti has been depicted as an advaita-mukti only. For such upAsakas also, we may be sure that the destination is not Brahma-loka, but the advaita-mukti itself................. " Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi, After one has realised the self there is no concept of praying as you alone exist, the infinite blissful satchidananda.. but till we reach that state we can pray to the infinite to help us. We can direct our prayer to the nirguna or impersonal brahman, the higher force.. Regards, Kalyan --- sajith <sajithachuthank wrote: > namaste all; > could any one tell me how an aspirant of advaita > vedanta would pray? > is there a need for him to pray? > is meditation on self the only sadhana for him? > thanks > sajith........ > > Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://help./l/in//mail/mail/tools/tools-08.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Ramakrishna , " Bob Rose " <bobrose108 wrote: > there is a meditation technique given by swami vivekananda in which he tells to pray that let the light of self realization be lighted in my heart. any other form of prayer is selfishness. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Dear Friends/Devotees, http://www.sriramakrishnaparamahamsa.blogspot.com (updated) If Anybody Is Interested to Listen to Songs Of Ramakrishna Order Please visit this Link: http://www.raaga.com/channels/bengali/devotional.asp milind_indiannavy <milind_indiannavy wrote: Ramakrishna , "Bob Rose" <bobrose108 wrote:>there is a meditation technique given by swami vivekananda in which hetells to pray that let the light of self realization be lighted in myheart. any other form of prayer is selfishness.> Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Ramakrishna , suchay deshpande <suchay24 wrote: > > Dear Friends/Devotees, > http://www.sriramakrishnaparamahamsa.blogspot.com (updated) > > > > If Anybody Is Interested to Listen to Songs Of Ramakrishna Order Please visit this Link: > > http://www.raaga.com/channels/bengali/devotional.asp > milind_indiannavy <milind_indiannavy wrote: > Ramakrishna , " Bob Rose " <bobrose108@> wrote: > > > > there is a meditation technique given by swami vivekananda in which he > tells to pray that let the light of self realization be lighted in my > heart. any other form of prayer is selfishness. > > > true > > > > > > > Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on TV. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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