[Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 123, Issue 24

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There is a need for continuously group study just by studying alone does
not make much progress academically but yes spiritually.





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On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 11:14 PM, via Advaita-l <
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> Krishan Sharma
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> I ama student of Swami Parthsarthy from last 45 years and have been studing
> vedanta ever since.
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> 45 years of Advaita! What are the rewards of such longevity? Chitta Suddhi
> has some relative reward but is ultimately limited and still ignorant. The
> reward of Advaita is infinite, not finite. So unless we recognize the ever
> revealed moksa, Advaita is just another faith based pursuit that only leads
> to renunciation, deep thinking and the same old fool. .
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>    1. New members (Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l)
>    2. Sal Mubarak! (Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l)
>    3. Re: Query Regarding Atharva Veda (Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l)
>    4. Re: Experiences Chanting Om (Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l)
>    5. Re: Sal Mubarak! (Sujal Upadhyay via Advaita-l)
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> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:32:11 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l"
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> I am interested in studying and pracising the advaita principles
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> Krishan Sharma
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> I ama student of Swami Parthsarthy from last 45 years and have been studing
> vedanta ever since.
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> Venkat Govindan
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> Karpanya-dosopahata-svabhavah
> prcchami tvam dharma-sammudha-cetah
> yac chreyah syan niscitam bruhi tan me
> sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam
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> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:35:14 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l"
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> To: Advaita-L <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Subject: [Advaita-l] Sal Mubarak!
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> Belatedly (It was on Friday) Wishing all list members a happy Gujarati New
> Year, Vikram Samvat 2071 called parAbhava and much wealth and success in
> the coming year.
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> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:48:36 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l"
>         <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
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> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Query Regarding Atharva Veda
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> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Abhinand Abhinand via Advaita-l wrote:
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> > In other veda shakas, we have Sringeri Paatha, Kanchi Paatha, Thanjavur
> > Paatha, Kashi Paatha etc. Each referring to styles of chanting (same
> > swaras & aksharas)
> > What about Atharva Veda? Do we have similar Paatha bhedas? Or is it the
> > same all over the country?
>
> There are two shakhas of Atharvaveda still extant Shaunaka (in Gujarat)
> and Paippalada (in Orrissa.)  So it is not quite the same situation as
> they are two separate shakhas and each is relatively small and
> geographically concentrated.
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> > Also, there has been a lot of efforts from Kanchi Mutt to rejenuvate
> > atharva veda shakas, so does kanchi mutt have its own style of chanting
> > or is it a borrowed one?
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> They went to Gujarat and learned the traditions there as the Atharvavedic
> sampradaya is in a better state of preservation.  You should definitely
> read Animesh's blog.  There is much more information there.
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> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 03:02:10 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l"
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> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Experiences Chanting Om
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> On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Evan Ward via Advaita-l wrote:
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> > Good day everyone.  As a relatively new student of Advaita Vedanta, I
> have
> > been chanting and intoning Om throughout the day.
> >
> > So I'm really curious:
> >
> > What have been your personal experiences chanting Om?
> >
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> Reciting Om or other mantras is not a Vedantic practice per se but a Yogic
> one though of course the two are rather intertwined.  Vedantic practice
> revolves around understanding the difference between what is real and
> unreal, separating oneself from the unreal, and acquiring knowledge of the
> real.  The other spiritual practices are a preparation for this. (By
> which I do not mean to imply that theey are not important in their own
> sphere.)
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> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:45:15 +0530
> From: Sujal Upadhyay via Advaita-l
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> Happy Diwali and Happy New Year !!!
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> On 10/26/14, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > Belatedly (It was on Friday) Wishing all list members a happy Gujarati
> New
> > Year, Vikram Samvat 2071 called parAbhava and much wealth and success in
> > the coming year.
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> Sujal Upadhyay
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> "To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
> nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
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> He who has faith has all
> He who lacks faith, lacks all
> It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
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