Thanks to Pali and raunchy for those quotes, but like you I might give
them a pass - I am sure they were metaphorical.
--- In [email protected], "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for sharing that lovely quote by Patanjali. Just as the Bible
has been rewritten to reflect the consciousness of those who hold it to
be scripture, I wonder too about the Koran and how many pens it has
passed through to find its final form.
>
> --- In [email protected], "raunchydog" raunchydog@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "PaliGap" <compost1uk@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], maskedzebra <no_reply@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > What is the proof of the truth of this judgment of you?
> > > >
> > > > That you will manifest not the slightest bewilderment,
confusion, wonder, perplexity, concern over what I have said—BUT
WILL COME BACK WITH A RESPONSE WHICH PERFECTLY DEMONSTRATES THE TRUTH OF
WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU HERE.
> > > >
> > > > Just watch: Here it comes.
> > > >
> > > > SEE? I told you. Even though as I write these last few words, I
already know and see the future: and that future is a response which
reveals that YOU COULD NOT IN THE LEAST BE INFLUENCED, AFFECTED,
TOUCHED, SURPRISED BY ANYTHING I HAVE SAID.
> > > >
> > > > Realize, then, Ravi, that in every word you choose to write in a
counter-post you will be exhibiting every one of the characteristics I
have identified here in this post.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ah, so good to have those Scholastics back: "You will prove
> > > I'm right when you try to suggest I'm wrong". I love the smell
> > > of the Inquisition at work in the morning!
> > >
> > > Now what to do with miscreants such as Ravi and Pali?
> > >
> > > "Therefore, if a man be dangerous and infectious to the
> > > community, on account of some sin, it is praiseworthy
> > > and advantageous that he be killed in order to safeguard
> > > the common good, since 'a little leaven corrupteth the
> > > whole lump'" Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theolologiae
> > >
> >
> > Compared to Muhammad, when it comes to punishing sinners, Aquinas
has no imagination:
> >
> > "Crushing the heads of the infidels and splitting their skulls with
sharp swords, we continually thrust and cut at the enemy. Blood gushed
from their deep wounds as the battle wore them down. We conquered
bearing the Prophet's fluttering war banner. Our cavalry was submerged
in rising dust, and our spears quivered, but by us the Prophet gained
victory."
> > Ishaq:578 Prophet Muhammad
> >
> > Patanjali, a Hindu, under the sway of evil Vedic gods, believed that
sinners create their own punishment:
> >
> > "Negative thoughts and emotions are violent, in that they cause
injury to yourself and others, regardless of whether they are performed
by you, done by others, or you permit them to be done.
> > They arise from greed, anger, or delusion regardless of whether they
arise from mild, moderate, or esxcessive emotional intensity. They
result in endless misery and ignorance. Therefore, when you consistently
cultivate the opposite throughts and emotions, the unwholesome
tendencies are gradually destroyed. By abiding in nonviolence, one's
presence creates an atmosphere in which hostility ceases."
> > Yoga Sutra of Patanjali II-34, 35 Ahimsa - Non Violence
> >
>
