[Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 58, Issue 8

Vidyasankar Sundaresan svidyasankar at hotmail.com
Wed May 13 22:09:37 CDT 2009


Dear Dr. Dogra,

I would request you to spell English normally, rather than writing as if you were SMS texting. Ours is a serious discussion list after all.

Thanks,
Vidyasankar

> From: drvkdogra at hotmail.com
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> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 23:52:50 +0530
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Advaita-l Digest, Vol 58, Issue 8
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> dear frnd, da most basic x fundamental TATVA da issue is i me, u urs, he his,& so on BUT only one first x fore most is "I" AS WHOLE UNIVERSE IS BASED X SUBORDINATE 2 " I " MATERIAL X VEDANTA every thing is based, exists, exprienced, relied, excuted x experienced by " i " BUT da tragedy is det we dont know hu m I ( KO AHM ) only da moment we HV da strong x true desire x burning passion 2 know x realise det da purpose, utality x value (ROLE) of all material, spiritual x mystic propositions comes in as transient vehicles SO we hv 2 start frm A SINCERE QUEST 2 KNOW I, DEN WE CAN KNOW DA ROLE X SIGNIFICANCE OF VEDANTA in da path of slf realisation things will fit in doubts will start evaporating every thing will start encompassing wid in u means ur own extention x creation LT US START FRM DET ultimately every material will b urs ABHIVYATI expression BUT NOT U I WUD LV 2 LEARN x discus wid U DA ADWETA_DWETAM OR DWETA_ADWETAM da end result is "NETI NETI" det is da crucial fr SEEKER 
>  of TRUTH wt is det * i * with sincere regards            
>  anam aroop abhyakt (matrially) anadi anant anand  
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> > 1. REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE (Jayaram Subramanian)
> > 2. Sankhya & Yoga (Bhadraiah Mallampalli)
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> > Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 19:36:27 +0530 (IST)
> > From: Jayaram Subramanian <jyrmsubramanian at yahoo.co.in>
> > Subject: [Advaita-l] REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE
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> > Dear sir,
> > ???????????? Namaste.??I have a few doubts regarding how we shall live. If time permits, kindly help me out with these 5 queries
> > .
> > 1) Are the paths to achieve material and spiritual rewards different? Or can they be the same?
> > ?
> > 2) Why should an evil-eye be effective? I mean, if a person works for his betterment, he is solely responsible for his success. How can an evil-eye affect it? Why are we giving it so much importance?
> > ?
> > 3) There is a difference in the teaching of different faiths with regard to rebirth. Hinduism and buddism talk about the phenomenon of?rebirth,whereas Islam and Christianity deny it? Why is this difference?
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> > 4) God is karma-phala-dhatha. According to our karma, he gives us what we deserve. Similarly, if a person deceives us,why should we not punish him.?Why does?the?scriptures expect us to forgive?
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> > 5) This world is such an imperfect place with so much inequality and injustice. How should we live - just accept things as they are or fight against them?
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> > Thank you in advance. All the very best to you for all your endeavours.
> > ?
> > Yours sincerely,
> > N S Jayaram
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> > Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 10:23:57 -0400
> > From: Bhadraiah Mallampalli <vaidix at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [Advaita-l] Sankhya & Yoga
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> > Dear Shri Jaldhar
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> > Thanks for clarifying. s'vEtAs'vatara VI.13 says 
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> > nityo nityAnAm chetanaschetanAnAm eko bahUnAm yo vidadhAti kAmAn 
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> > tat kAraNam sAnkhyayogAdhigamyam jnAtvA devam muchyate sarva pAs'ou. 
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> > The word adhigamyam might be interesting to debate. gamyam is goal and adhigamyam 
> > 
> > could mean chief of goals. The prefix adhi some times adds an extra level of command, 
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> > like pati - adhipati, though not always. In case of mahAsamhitas of Tai.Up, adhibhUtaM etc 
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> > ending with adhyAtmaM it is unlikely the prefix adhi takes us above the individual components 
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> > of each mahAsamhita. E.g., what can be higher than Atma unless we are talking of paramAtma? 
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> > The mahAsamhitas are the five merging points, made of the same materials as their constituents.
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> > In Telugu, gamanam is going, and adhigaminchuTa means surpassing, overtaking, or going 
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> > beyond the reach. I can extrapolate adhgamyam as 'beyond what you can set as a goal'. 
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> > I doubt s'vetAs'vatara had a Telugu bias. 
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> > Regards
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> > Bhadraiah
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> > PS: I do not fancy a svarita nityo~nityAnAm because the negation anityAnAm contradicts chetanaschetanAnAm. 
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