On May 17, 2005, at 3:41 PM, t3rinity wrote: >> Videha is described various ways. In reference to videha it is being >> bodiless while still maintaining a body. Some say you retain mahat, >> ahamkara and mind as videhas > > You mean without physical bodies? Thats what I was saying.
No, I already said that's not what I was referring to. > > --yet others say that videhas only maintain >> the linga (i.e. the mahat). If there is any controversy over videha >> IMO, that is the only relevant one (not whether it occurs before or >> after death). > > But with or without physical body? WITH a physical body. Vidyaranya says that this is about the subtle bodies and the future body. >> >> As I said the recent trans. by Shearer, which someone here stated M. >> was recommending as 'the one to use', states that this is one of the >> terms for unity c. (videha-mukti). > > Maybe he did. I don't know. But in that case we should know how he - > Maharishi interprets the same text. LOL. I could care less. If he knew he would either conceal it or charge huge sums. >> My understanding is that Videha is a process and should not be thought >> of as a singular event. While bodily dissolution could be the end >> result, it is not necessarily the desired result ;-). > > Bodily dissolution is inevitable for the physical body. Not what I am referring to. > Except if you > want to dissolve your body into a statue, like Meera did, or close > yourself into a room and dissappear, like it is said of Ramalinga Swami Yes, the latter is a form of videhamukti. 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/
