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Re: Problems in Advaita
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Problems in Advaita
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From: santhosh@iss.nus.sg (Santhosh Kumar)
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Date: 26 Mar 1996 05:05:31 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Institute Of Systems Science, National University Of Singapore.
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References: <4gd7i7$qjj@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4gj7an$hks@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4j2qkh$r0t@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
Hari Krishna Susarla (susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu) wrote:
: In article <4io55h$jvr@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
: santhosh@iss.nus.sg (Santhosh Kumar) wrote:
:
: >
: >Seems like you are complicating the matter too much! When you say
: >something does not exist, what is the logic behind using a theory
: >( "Two negatives = a positive" ) which is part of the already negated
: >theory to prove that what you proved is not right.
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: The point is to show that such a theory cannot be considered. If a
: philosophy
: requires that you not accept it as real, then it is not a philosophy
: that is
: worth follwing.
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: As I
: >understand advaita, the world is as real as a dream. It does
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: But a dream is not real.
The dream is not real when you come out of the dream, in the
dream you never questioned its authenticity. Same is the
case with this world also. When you are in this world, you
perceive it as real. I suggest you read books like "Gospel of Sri
Ramakrishna" and "Complete works of Swami Vivekananda"
to get a better understanding of Advaita. These books deal
with both Dvaita and Advaita, so you may choose whichever
is acceptable to you. There are a number of speeches by
Swami Ranganathanada, et al, like:
1. "Practcal Vedanta and Science of Values(in 3 audio cassettes)",
by Swami Ranganathananda.
2. Question answer session on Vedanta (Video, the event was
held in Chicago) by Swami Ranganathanada.
3. Don't exactly remember the title of the cassette, but contains
a talk by Dr. Chandrasekhar and Swami Ranganathananda, held
somewhere in USA.(audio cassette).
4. Practical Vedanta by Swami Ranganathananda. (Video)
These cassettes may be obtained from Ramakrishna Mission.
Hope this helps in your effort to understand Advaita.
regards,
Santhosh
