[Advaita-l] Ritual Purity, Svadhyaya, and Commute

[Srirudra]

Dear
As per Gita the place for meditation should be neat and tidy.Suchow dese......reads the stanza 11of chapter6.If you are to contemplate then you should go by this stanza and the previous one.But for reciting slokas which you had committed to memory and to investigate the exact purport of the sloka it can be done anywhere even when you are bathing,walking,traveling .Sometimes you may skip a station or a stop.Nevermind.Shows your involvement.
R.Krishnamoorthy.

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> On 09-Sep-2016, at 11:16 AM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Shankara has said in the Brahma sutra bhashya that deśa, kāla, etc. niyama
> is a must for karma (rituals) only and not for Brahma anusandhānam.
> 
> vs
> 
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:16 AM, Shashi via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> I have a question about ritual purity
>> and Svadhyaya.
>> 
>> I recently got a translation of
>> Sri Madhusudana Sarasvati's
>> Gudartha Dipika which I am excited to study.
>> 
>> However my commute to work is a good two hours in total on the train.
>> 
>> I thought I could
>> study on the train -
>> this is when I have the most
>> time that until now I typically spend
>> the least effectively
>> but I doubt whether that's a
>> pure enough environment to
>> study.
>> 
>> What are your thoughts
>> on Svadhyaya conducted
>> outside a sanctified place
>> like a puja room or temple.
>> and inside a place like a train?
>> If it's ok, what does one need
>> to do to be ritually pure enough
>> to study it there?
>> 
>> Shashi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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