[Advaita-l] Sadhana?

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

The japa of Pranava is also recommended.
Hare Krishna shodashakshari matra is also great. That leads to Advaita via Dvaita, and the Jagadguru Krishna (Bande Krishnam Jagadgurum) says in Bhagavata that he gives the (requisite) knowledge to his ardent devotees. However the orthodox Dvaitins do not believe in the possibiltiy of this route for Advaita.
Regards,Sunil KB.  


 


     On Saturday, September 26, 2015 10:38 AM, Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:
   

 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,
VenkatraghavanOn 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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