--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 18, 2007, at 12:16 PM, new.morning wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I am going on 30-year memory here, but I remember a tape by MMY from > > > TTC in which he addressed what "type" of yoga TM was. > > > > > > He said that, in a sense, we could call TM "raja yoga" because raja > > > denotes royalty and, like a king who does nothing yet has everything > > > done for him, TM's effortlessness rallies nature to do everything > > for > > > it. > > > > > > But I also remember him saying that if we were to call TM any type > > of > > > yoga, we would call it "karma yoga" because it is a yoga of action > > > with rest as the basis of activity and that dynamic rest being the > > > period TM twice daily. > > > > > > Again, this is all from memory and could be off...anyone else > > > remember the tape I am referring to? > > > > At Squaw Valley, MMY went through a list of different yogas. I don't > > recall the lecture verbatim, but I think he equated TM with raja yoga. > > Which of course it's not, but it's interesting to hear he attempted to > co-opt that (very beautiful) path. TM is just, non-variant basic, > plain-Jane mantra yoga. > > > > > > > Also possibly Lia ? (sp) yoga. > > Laya-yoga. Laya-yoga is a path that had died centuries ago according > to several Hindu yogins I've known, but has been re-written about > since the British colonial era. Now that it has been written about, > some are claiming to teach it. > > From what I know again about laya-yoga, it ain't anything remotely > like TM, which (again) is very plain-Jane in comparison.
Says the selfproclaimed "expert" Vaj who never even practised TM.
