[Advaita-l] Sadhana?

[Boris Nikiforov]

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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