Oh yes, thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@...> wrote: > > > pravRttyaalokanyaasaat suukSmavyavahitaviprakRSTajñaanam > pravRtti+aaloka-nyaasaat suukSma-vyavahita-viprakRSTa-jñaanam > Knowledge of the small, the hidden or the distant by directing the light > ofsuperphysical faculty. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@> wrote: > > > > I'n not at all sure about it, but I think "inner light" is rather III > 25 (26 in some editions), which Shearer translates like this: > > > > By directing the inner light* we can see what is subtle, hidden > > from view or far away. > > > > * pravRtti-aaloka -- card
Makes sense Card, I already thought Maharishi has betrayed us by not giving us the right significance of the sutra, but it's indeed a different one. ;-) The other one I came across by looking up your last quote. Looking through several translations, you get the impression quite a few relate to chakras, not by their traditional names, but nevertheless quite obviously. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > Card, is this the same as being used in the sidhi programme, (inner > light)? Looks like it is from its placement. > > > > > > > http://yogasutrastudy.info/yoga-sutra-translations/ysp-sutras3-21-3-40/ > > > > > > Sutra III.32 > > > > > > > मूर्धज्योत&#\ > 2367;षि > सिद्धदर्शन&#\ > 2350;्॥३२॥ > > > > > > mUrdhajyothiShi siddhadarshanam > > > > > > [HA]: > > > (By Practicing Samyama) On The Coronal Light, Siddhas Can Be Seen. > > > > > > [IT]: (33): > > > > > > (By performing Samyama) on the light under the crown of the head > vision of perfected Beings. > > > > > > [VH]: > > > On the light on the top of the head vision of the perfected > ones. > > > > > > [BM]: > > > From perfect discipline of the light in the head, one gets a vision > of the perfected beings. > > > > > > [SS]: (33): > > > > > > By samyama on the light at the crown of the head (sahasrara chakra), > visions of masters and adepts are obtained. > > > > > > [SP]: > > > (33) By making samyama on the radiance within the back of the head, > one becomes able to see the celestial beings. > > > > > > [SV]: (33): > > > > > > On the light emanating from the top of the head sight of the > Siddhas. > > > > > >
