[Advaita-l] Ekadashi

[Kartik Vashishta]

OM
OM NAMAH SIVANANDAYA

Revered Self,

Sadar Pranam,

From:  https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/sadh/sadh_06.html

"In this yoga of japa, all the other aspects of yoga also will be found to
commingle in some way or other. Inasmuch as there is a god in front of the
japa sadhaka, bhakti yoga comes in, even in japa sadhana. You love your god
of the japa mantra, your divinity; you pray, and you are deeply in
affection of that god. This is the bhakti aspect of japa sadhana.

And you concentrate with the power of your will on this divinity, on the
rishi (sage) and on the mantra itself. This is the raja yoga aspect of japa
sadhana. You understand the immanence of this divinity everywhere, not that
it is in one place only. The concentration on the immanent aspect of this
divinity is the jnana yoga aspect of japa sadhana. So, bhakti yoga, raja
yoga, and jnana yoga – all these are in japa sadhana. Bhagavan Sri Krishna
has rightly said that nothing is equal to japa as a sadhana."

Pranam,

OM
Kartik Vashishta
OM

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 2:49 PM Aravind M via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> In adviatha siddhantam ,nama chanting falls under bhakthi.It doesn't
> directly lead to brahman realization..It will take to the doors of gnana
> marga after many many births...Gnana marga is the only way to
> moksha....maha sannidanam sringeri clearly said "gnana marga only way to
> realization..mantra chanting,parayanam ,pooja,rituals are fr chitha shuddhi
> only.."
>
> On Wed 21 Jul, 2021, 11:04 AM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > Our Sampradaya has laid down Panchayatana Puja to worship Ganesha, Shiva.
> > Vishnu, Shakti and Surya. There is a reason for this. We should not
> become
> > fanatics of one God and quarrel with devotees of other Gods. It will be a
> > big obstacle for us if we become fanatics. Every God is a form of Saguna
> > Brahma. No God is inferior and nobody is superior.
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 5:44 AM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Namaste subbu sir.
> > > Thank you for your kind words.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2021, 23:18 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear Kaushik,
> > > >
> > > > You have beautifully articulated the position of the Shastra and our
> > > > sampradaya.  Your post, though short, is full of wisdom.  Thanks for
> > > > sharing your thoughts.
> > > >
> > > > warm regards
> > > > subbu
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 9:14 PM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <
> > > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The differences between the school of advaita and dvaita are many.
> But
> > > the
> > > >> CHATNTING of harinama and sublime devotion to vishnu is the common
> and
> > > >> most
> > > >> important aspect in both the school. In the age of kali, it is said
> > that
> > > >> no
> > > >> penance, austerity, charity etc has the same fruit as the
> rememberance
> > > of
> > > >> hari nama. The last verse in "bhaja govindam"says "There is no other
> > > >> measure to escape samsara other than rememberance of hari nama".
> It's
> > > said
> > > >> that narayana finds some excuse to lift people from samsara. Such is
> > his
> > > >> daya ,he is the uplifter of sinners,he is "patita pavana". He always
> > > >> protects his devotees. People who hated hari, such as kamsa,
> sisupala
> > > etc,
> > > >> too were given mukti because they constantly thought about him. He
> is
> > an
> > > >> ocean of daya and forgiveness. Being sarvasaktha isvara he underwent
> > > >> samsara as rama, to show us how to live a life according to dharma.
> He
> > > >> gave
> > > >> the essence of Upanishads in the form of krishna to save the people
> of
> > > >> kali.  Today being ekadashi, this day belongs to narayana.
> > > >> Just a few thoughts I had on this auspicious day.
> > > >> Om namo narayanaya.
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