--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 6, 2005, at 9:03 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > How is purity determined? A quick Google search says Patanjali lived > > somewhere between 200 BC and 200 AD. How does one determine whether > > one interpretation of an ancient religious scripture is more pure or > > correct than another? The idea of locking down something as > > free-flowing as spirituality into a box of rigid dogmatic purity > > strikes me as silly as trying to herd cats. > > Since these are instruction manuals, I don't know how realistic it is > to call them "dogmatic"--it's kind like calling the users manual to > your car "dogmatic" because it gives the instructions it knows will > work. No, this isn't about "my-guru-can-beat-up-your-guru" esp. since > my own teacher doesn't teach Patanjali. What my comments are/were about > is when someone like the TMO claims to be restoring the "purity of the > tradition" re: Patanjali, it might make sense to see what traditional > samkhya-charyas (who hold lineal instructions on this "user manual") > have to say.
ok, how do we know that you say is what "traditional samkhya-charyas" actually say , maybe you understand samkhya-charyas in a different way that they intended. (I'm more referring to their philosophy/system ) 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/
