That fourth sutra is about upeksha, accurately translated as equimimity. It is the fourth valule in the Buddhist iteration of the Brahma-vihaara-s, the stations or consciousness-states of Lord Brahma, the purohita of our local cosmos. It is not enumerated by Patanjali because he found no "accomplishment" or siddhi produced by it.
In Orthodox Monasticism this value is known as apatheia, usually translated into English as dispassion (vairagya), but which really means to be without the yearning impingments of the senses and the mind that draw forth and fixate attention upon the temporary pleasures of this external world. Although cognate with the English word "apathy" it does not mean indifference but rather it means to be "unmoved" by the thirsts that can snare us. ********************************************** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@...> wrote: > > Ummmm... Empty, I think you're taking some of the banter around here a little > too seriously. Life is too short to play *who can be offended most by the > least*. Wasn't one of the original sutras *Indifference*? > > > > ________________________________ > From: emptybill emptybill@... > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wed, April 27, 2011 1:08:18 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mt. Athos featured on 60 Minutes > > Â > Reading the inane FFL comments here about this 60-Minutes CBS expose of Mt. > Athos helps to contrast the basic viewpoint of monastics (as contemplatives who > practice seriously) with some of these meditators who profess to have been > meditating 30+ years. > Â > From the monastic viewpoint, the world - along with absorption in its affairs - > appears utterly absurd. > > *************************************************** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" yifuxero@ wrote: > > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/21/60minutes/main20056101.shtml > > >
