--- In [email protected], "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > This is not a definition but rather an interpretation. > Try "faithfulness' ... a present-tense definition of shraddha. >
OK, just what does teh word "faith" mean? Belief without proof? Intuition? Strong in God? Knowledge of things not seen? L. > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > I've found an interesting alternative definition: > > > > Willingness to surrender to dharma > > > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: > > [...] > > > FWIW, according to Pata�jali, shraddhaa (usually translated to > 'faith') seems to be a /conditio sine qua non/ for samaadhi: > > > > > > shraddhaaviiryasmRtisamaadhipraj�aapuurvaka itareSaam. > > > > > > (shraddhaa-viirya-smRti-samaadhi-praj�aa-puurvaka itareSaam). > > > > > > Taimni (Lawd, have mercy!): > > > > > > (In the case) of others (upaaya-pratyaya-yogis) it [samaadhi] > > > is preceded by faith, energy, memory and high intelligence > > > necessary for samaadhi. > > > > > > (NB: energy [viirya] is "dependent" on brahma-carya: > > > brahma-carya-pratiSThaayaaM *viirya-laabhaH*!) > > > > > >
