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message: 1 date: fri, 7 dec 2007 19:05:41 +0530 from: praveen subject: re: [advaita-l] importance of ashram to: "a discussion group for advaita vedanta" message-id: content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 pranam all, anuj-ji wrote: > having spent 10 years here in the us. i am 28 and have decided to > follow my spiritual calling and join an ashram to further my > understanding of vedanta over the next 3-4 years. congratulations on your decision, or the call as i prefer to think of it as. if it helps, may i mention that one of the swamijis at rishikesh sivananda ashram suggested the same 3 yr course to me? although i didn't take it due to my being choosy and biased, or incapability, or whatever, i do think that any practical step towards vedanta is good enough. i also believe that the path chalks itself out for the right student. in that light, and on reading your attitude, i feel that you're about to have a blissful experience ahead, be it anywhere. best wishes. may god and guru be your guide! pranams again, --praveen -----------------------------message: 2 date: fri, 7 dec 2007 20:57:03 +0530 from: "s.n. sastri" <[email protected]> subject: [advaita-l] trees have life- bhashya to: [email protected] message-id: <[email protected]> content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 dr. j.c. bose (1858 ?1937) is said to have discovered that trees and plants have life and react to stimuli. i do not know whether this was known to science earlier. scientist members of this group must be able to say. but it is interesting that this has been stated by sri sankara himself in his bhashya on chandogya upanishad, vi. 11. 2:-"that a tree is possessed of a soul is indicated by such signs as exudation and drying up of sap. from the illustration in the sruti that the non-moving

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