[Advaita-l] aruNa prashna & upanishad chanting in evening

[Swami Sarvabhutananda]

OM
Get the doubts cleared from a GURU.
The process is refining the understanding till one is absolutely clear
without contradiction.
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Swami sarvabhutananda

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> Can we say this in one sentence as follows? After Adhyayana or study of
> the shastras (Agama as well as  nigama, itihasa and purana) the next step
> is to do the Svadhyaya or continue the practice of self-study regularly in
> order  to understand  the shastras through chintana (i.e., through
> rumination and thinking) in order to do the Pravachana or Adhyapana or
> teaching of the shastras and also to apply the same (learnings) in
> Vyavahara (i.e., in in own day to day life accordingly).
>
>
> Secondly the seemingly contradictory statements many a times may not
> really be self-contradictory. It may sometimes be like calling a
> half-filled glass as a half-empty glass. One should try to see whether the
> two seemingly contradictory statements can be reconciled, of course
> without  compromise.
>
> Would you like to comment?
>
>
> Regards,
> Sunil KB
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Venkata sriram P <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>
> To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:16 AM
> Subject: [Advaita-l] aruNa prashna & upanishad chanting in evening
>
> Patanjali in his mahAbhASya (1-1-1) says:
>
> chaturbhishcha prakAraiH vidyOpayuktA bhavati -
> Agama kAlEna; swAdhyAya kAlEna; pravachakAlEna; vyavahAra kAlEna iti.
>
> Here:
>
> Agama kAla is taken as vEda grahaNa kAla (learning); swAdhyAya kAla is
> taken as
> vEda abhyAsa kAla; pravachana kAla is taken as vEda adhyApana kAla and
> vyavahAra kAla is taken as yajna karma kAla.
>
> Further, the word "swAdhyAya" is defined as:
>
> "swAdhyAyO mOkSashAstra adhyayanaM praNava japO vA"... vyAsa bhASya
>
> Also, the shatapatha brAhmaNa says "ahar ahar swAdhyAyaM adhItE" which
> implies that one should ever perform the swAdhyAya.  To which again
> the shatapatha brAhmaNa says that:
>
> "vidyA vAkyOvAkyaM "itihAsa purANaM gAthA" iti ahar ahar swAdhyAyaM adhItE"
>
> And last but not the least "swaM adhyayanaM iti swAdhyAyaH" which implies
> that "swa / Atma" vishaya chintanaM, in other words, "Atma /
> brahmAnuchintanaM".
>
> Infact, it is this brahmAnuchintanaM which should be done while squatting,
> sleeping, eating, running or while driving car etc.
>
> So, what i meant was the scope of swAdhyAya is not just restricted to just
> mantra bhAga having tri-swarAs but the entire gamut of mOksha shAstra comes
> under this umbrella.
>
> The purport to be taken here is "abhyAsa" and not "adhyayana" AND WHICH
> INFACT SHOULD BE DONE 24 x 7.
>
> The self-contradictory statements in the shruti should be analysed very
> carefully which is something like "uditE juhOti" "anuditE juhOti" /
> atirAtrE shoDashIm gruHNAti ; nAtirAtrE shoDashIM gruHNAti.
>
> iti ..
> sriram
>
>
>
>
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