--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
>
> According to Patañjali, the following are the prerequisites
> for samaadhi (in the case of those not videhas and/or[?]
> prakRtilayas):
>
> shraddhaa -- faith
> viirya -- indomitable energy or will
> smRti -- memory
> samaadhi-prajñaa -- intelligence or 'high knowledge' or
> keen intellect essential for samaadhi
>
> (vocabulary based on Taimni's "Science of Yoga")
>
> According to YS II 38 gaining 'viirya' depends(?) on
> brahma-carya (brahma-charya):
>
> brahmacarya-pratiSThaayaaM viirya-laabhaH.
>
> Does that mean without brahmacarya samaadhi shall be
> at least essentially weaker than with being "established
> in sexual continence" (Taimni)?
MMY says that all eight limbs (Angas) "must be practiced simultaneously" MMY
Gita appendix/Yoga Samadhi is the goal, and once the goal of Samadhi is
reached all the 'tools' used to achieve that goal are no longer necessary.
Virya or Celibacy is one of the *soldiers* mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita, his
name is Uttamaujas, (CH1vs6) or vital celibacy from uttama/chief, principle and
ojas/bodily strength.
Patanjali devised eight *means* to YOGA, "each limb (anga) is designed to bring
about the state of Yoga (Union) "in the sphere of life to which it relates".
MMY/Gita
(In spite of his later lectures where he, IMO, pandered to modernity and
suggested only TM meditation was necessary.)
