[Advaita-l] Sadhana?

[kuntimaddi sadananda]

Boris - PraNAms

Glad to see your mail.

1. Stick to your current japa. No need to change anything other than understanding of the Vedanata. 

2. But see the presence of Lord Krishna in eveything and everybeing - That is the greatest sadhana

3. Advaita involves clear understanding that Lord is everything - that includes the self that you are. But that understanding comes as you study more. I suggest to listen to the talks on Introduction to Vedanta at

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2mCbK_4wqo&list=PLWjpkY4mU2RCHluun_U1adcXs9gRNxo4F

Best wishes
Sadananda


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On Sat, 9/26/15, Boris Nikiforov via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Sadhana?
 To: "Venkatraghavan S" <agnimile at gmail.com>
 Cc: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Saturday, September 26, 2015, 3:01 PM
 
 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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