Advaita summer discussion group - II
The second meeting of our Advaita summer discussion group occurred about 2 weeks ago. Before I completely forget what transpired, here is a brief synopsis. It is not explanatory and is only for my own notes.
- The different notions of "god" in different systems. The standard usage of the term. The concept of an anthropomorphic transcendant creationist god and an impersonal transcendant immanent reality.
- The difference between monist (advaita like) systems and monotheistic
(Christianity, Vaishnavism etc.) systems. The similarity between the
Judeo/Chrisian/Islamic (JCI) religions and Vaishnavism on one hand and between the Oriental
systems and Advaita on the other hand.
- The concept of "Be here now". Its confusion with laziness.
- Should a human being necessarily "contribute" something to the
"society". If so, is usability to others the only way to contribute?
- The preliminary definitions of bondage and liberation in Yoga Vasishta.
The life-embracing implications from a samsaric view point of these
definitions (as opposed to monastic implications)
- Not getting hung up on the "limitations" of personal theistic systems.
- Why is it easy to do "evil" rather than "good" ?
- The relativity of moral values.
- The distinction between what is real, and, what is good for you to lead a happy fulfilling life.
Posted at 08:23 am by levitatingyogi
