[Advaita-l] Sadhana?

[Anil Aggarwal]

We are at low level. Please look up Sadhana panchkam commentary at www. Arshabodha.org teaching tab this address all spiritual sadhanas
Anil


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> On Sep 26, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Boris Nikiforov via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you very much for your kind answers.
> 
> My spiritual level is low, I'm just a beginner.
> 
> As far as I can understand, mantra japa is an important step to Advaita and
> is very helpful. So probably I can continue chanting Hare Krishna mantra,
> Pranava, and Mahavakyas. Also, vedAnta shravaNam, mananam, and
> nidhidhyAsanam are very important parts of sadhana. Do I understand
> correctly?
> 
> How much time do you usually spend for mantra japa every day?
> 
> ~
> Boris
> 
> 2015-09-26 20:38 GMT+03:00 Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>:
> 
>> I would qualify your statement and say that it depends on the level of
>> spiritual maturity of the aspirant. Within advaita tradition, mantra japa
>> would fall under upAsana, and is an accepted preparatory step required to
>> earn the qualifications necessary to commence vedAnta shravaNam, mananam
>> and nidhidhyAsanam.
>> 
>> In answer to Sri Boris' question, hare krishna mantrA is a great mantrA
>> and if chanted with sincerity and devotion, will greatly advance you in
>> your spiritual quest.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Venkatraghavan
>> On 26 Sep 2015 18:24, "Sunil Bhattacharjya via Advaita-l" <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Namaste,
>>> For an advaitin the Mahavakyas are the mantras.
>>> Regards,Sunil KB
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     On Saturday, September 26, 2015 9:24 AM, Boris Nikiforov via
>>> Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Pranams,
>>> 
>>> I have a question on sadhana (the regular spiritual practice) for
>>> advaitins.
>>> 
>>> Back in 1990s, I spent two years in Hare Krsna movement (ISKCON). We
>>> chanted 16 rounds of japa daily, we followed so called "4 regulative
>>> principles" (no meat, no alcohol etc.), and studied some books like
>>> "Bhagavad Gita."
>>> 
>>> These days I have a great interest in Advaita, especially Shankaracarya's
>>> teaching and I read regularly some books in English (Shankara's bhashyas,
>>> translation of Brahma Sutras by Swami Sivananda, translation of Upainshads
>>> by Swami Nikhilananda) but I would like to have some sadhana too like
>>> japa.
>>> What is the common traditional sadhana which can be adopted by a white
>>> married middle aged man like me? I love to do some japa regularly but I
>>> don't know a mantra I can chant without diksha. Back in ISKCON, I would
>>> chant "Hare Krsna mantra." Are there any other mantras I could chant
>>> without a diksha? Some years ago, one of the senior members of
>>> Advaita-List
>>> kindly explained me that Advaita means a world view. I do my best to
>>> understand Advaita world view studying books but this question is about
>>> practice.
>>> 
>>> I would be thankful for any recommendations.
>>> 
>>> ~
>>> Boris
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