L.-though you are correct Samskaras denote impressions or groves, it does NOT define the NATURE of those groves or impediments, dosha does! These are MMY's 'sleeping elephants'. Dosha is not a Buddhist term, per se.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <LEnglish5@...> wrote : Indeed. But all experiences, for an unenlightened person, take one away from pure consciousness. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : Samskaras are "impressions". Without them you wouldn't know anything! :-D On 11/26/2014 09:25 AM, LEnglish5@... mailto:LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Doshas aren't stress, in Maharishi's eyes, as far as I know. Samskaras are stress. The term doṣa literally means "contamination" but I don't think that Maharishi ever used it in that sense. That is more a Buddhist thing to use doṣa to refer to lust, etc.. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Are you beginning to 'get' what MMY was talking about when he was talking about stress? Lust, Anger, Greed to name a few, (the doshas). These, are the sleeping elephants MMY used to talk about in the early days, IMHO.