Nice distinction Vaj. Any references for the distinctions of buddhi-sattva, and karma mukti? -Peter
--- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 28, 2005, at 10:59 PM, > tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: > > > From having talked about this sutra many times it > appears that the > > intellect is translucent because it is still in a > body made of DNA. > > The translucent value seems more appropriate for > what needs to happen. > > It can never be clear but it can know THAT as the > final > > discrimination. How? Don't know but it seems to be > part of the getting > > of it all. > > The actual word is "buddhi-sattva" (no, not > *bodhisattva*). When buddhi > becomes free of tamas and rajas, it's easier to make > the final > distinction between buddhi and purusha--that's > buddhi-sattva or > "translucent buddhi". The distinctive marker of this > style of > enlightenment is that buddhi is gone. The purity of > buddhi and its > similarity to purusha are not enlightenment > (CC)--just their "cause", > it is final discrimination that is liberation. This > results in "cosmic > consciousness"--a 'knower of Brahman' NOT 'I am > Brahman' (huge > difference). > > IMO people confuse this final discrimination with > the slow, gradual > form of enlightenment where objects are slowly > assimilated in the > "Self" (karma mukti). After a number of "objects" > are assimilated into > Self, the person begins claiming enlightenment, but > in fact they are > somewhere in between and just beginning to see the > first stages. > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Sign up for Fantasy Baseball. http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
