ADMIN: DIGEST mode

[Ravi]

namaste

I realized that during the move, the DIGEST mode information
was last for the members who were recieving the mail as a
digest. In order to set it back, please send a mail to
listserv at advaita-vedanta.org and in the body type the
message,

SET ADVAITA-L DIGEST

This should do the job.  To find out more about your
options, please use

QUERY ADVAITA-L

Ravi

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/

>From  Wed Apr 21 16:20:57 1999
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:20:57 -0500
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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:
<snip>
> There can't be any assurance in the beginning.  It's a gamble.
> Faith in the Guru and the teachings of Vedanta are necessary
> prerequisites for Sadhana.  If a person doesn't have them, they
> should find something else. There is nothing wrong with that.  I
> don't think anyone would be well-served by a philosophy that tried
> to be everything to everyone.  For those who make the gamble, the
> assurance will develop.

How does the assurance develop? If we take as a given that realization
may not come in this lifetime, then how is assurance developed short of
that? This may seem like a pointless academic question, but to me it's
vital. I'm awash in philosophical doubts and questions as always, and
I'm having problems understanding how I can suspend judgment and proceed
on faith for, in all probability, the entire remainder of my life. So if
there are some grounds for assurance prior to full realization, but
consisting of more than just being convinced by intellectual arguments,
then I would very much like to know what they are.

As with my original question, I ask this, not to be confrontational, but
with a sincere wish to find out the answer.

Robert.

>From  Wed Apr 21 18:58:50 1999
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 18:58:50 EDT
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In a message dated 4/21/99 5:47:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, msr at COMCO.COM
writes:

<< SET ADVAITA-L DIGEST >>
Regards

>From  Wed Apr 21 21:35:03 1999
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:35:03 EDT
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I will be gone for the next three months and I request that my name be
removed from the list.  When I return I will again wish to receive your
messages.   Thanks,   Keith Bailey

>From  Wed Apr 21 19:35:53 1999
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From: Shikaripura Harihareswara <hoysala at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Please do NOT send all the postings to my address untill I am
        ready.
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May I request the Advaita List Maintainer NOT to send all the postings
to my eMail address untill I am ready to receive them?
Thanks for your help!
Sincerely,
-Harihareswara
>From ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG Thu Apr 22 09:08:15 1999
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Subject: New member introdcution: shrI Sunder Hattangadi
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:26:20 -0400
From: Sunder Hattangadi <gourish at internet1.net>
To: Ravi <msr at comco.com>
Subject: Re:

namaste,

       Thank you for the welcome.

       My name is Sunder Hattangadi. I am a retired psychiatrist. The
study of the mind has fascinated me since school days, and has led me to
explore the Hindu traditions and the Western ones. This has further
developed into forays in mysticism, philosophy, comparative religion,
etc. The advaita approach, as exemplified by the Upanishads and
Bhagavadgita, have appealed to me from the intellectual, emotional, and
practical aspects, to a degree not even closely approximated by any
other. That the greatest mystics of all traditions speak a similar
language to advaita has been unutterably satisfying.

      By joining this list I hope to extend my familiarity with
Shankara's works, and share some insights that my education may have
helped me explore.

Best regards,

Sunder