--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 14, 2006, at 8:40 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > >> > >> --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > wrote: > >> > >> dge. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> SSR's focus is on his breathing techniques, not meditation. > > Can > >>> you imagine MMY supporting that idea?>>. > >>> > >>> There was a guy called Ishvara that did the same thing. Focus on > >>> breath. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt....useless. > >>> (Try a hug anyone? ) > >>> > >>> OffWorld > > > > > >> > >> Pranayama, by itself, is supposed to be a valid way to gain > > enlightenment. >>> > > > > > > No it is not effective for gaining enlightenment on its own. > > > > However, MMY has always claimed that TM is the best single method > > out there, at least for householders. I can't imagine that he's > > changed his mind.>>> > > > > Is it Pranayama that is being taught by Ravi Shankar? or as you said > > it is "focus on breath". The latter is not pranayama. > > > SSRS used to require pranayama and purification *before* initiation > into what is essentially an advanced version of TM (TM + a crucial > "advanced" technique). I imagine he still does. All these practices > have profound scriptural and lineal backing. In other words, they're > supported by millennia of yogic experience. > > Sri Swami Rama, an initiate of Guru Dev, also required this, plus > correct asana. >
Is this the guy who wrote "LIfe with the Himalayan Masters?" He was initiated into a japa technique counting beads, IIRC. 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/
