on 3/2/06 3:30 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As far as I can tell, Vaj is misinterpretting/over-interpretting some > text taht talks about how even a nail driven into one's hand won't > takethem out of samadhi. But that's the definition of CC. Screaming > isn't relevant to witnessing.
He seems to feel that a fully enlightened person should be able to go into a state in which one would be unaware that the nail had been driven. In other words, senses completely shut down or withdrawn. I'm not convinced that that ability is a necessary criterion of enlightenment. It seems more like a specialized sidhi. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
