--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 16, 2005, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> From the anava-upaya, section 3, of the Shiva-sutra: > >> > >> "Mohavaranat siddhih" > >> > >> (mohAvaraNATh siddhiH) > >> > >> "Siddhis are due to a veil (AvaraNa) drawn by ignorance (mohA)." > >> > >> > > > > Of course. If there was no veil, there would be no outward stroke > > (performance) and hence no siddhi. > > Well not the point here as there is no mention of the vyutthana (the > outward stroke). The point is performance of siddhis increases the > power of our own delusions (maya-shakti). We begin to believe our own > delusions. >
Well, because the word "siddhi" is in singular (nominative plural would be "siddhayaH"), it might refer to perfection in general, not to the siddhi techniques of Patanjali. This might be a "better" translation: 3-6 Perfection is through the veil of delusion. http://www.shaivam.org/ssshivasuutra.htm At least the transliteration seems more accurate than on a couple of sites I quickly browsed. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AQDrNC/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
