--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip>
Vaj, once again you simply don't know what you're talking about. There's nothing in what you quote that contradicts anything Lawson and I have been saying. > Let's clarify by referring to Mahesh's own (unpublished) translation > of the YS of Patanjali and how he *clearly defines* "transcending. In > his translation, MMB defines it thusly: > > "Yoga is bringing *transcending* to the activity of the mind." This > is Mahesh's translation of YS I:2. > > Now let's look at the original language of the Ved: Sanskrit, the > language of nature, and see what it says. > > "yogah chitta vrtti nirodhah" > > "yogah" in this sutra can be translated as "yoga (is)". > > chiita- means "of the mind field". > > vrtti means fluctuations, modifications, activity. > > nirodhah means the stopping or controlling of vrttis. In other word > it means "transcending". Notice this does not mean "starting > mentation again". > > Note in this definition there is no mention of an outward stroke. In > fact the word for outward stroke, "vyutthana", is not even mentioned. > If we want to go further into this and describe clearly how the > outward stroke means "failure" (to transcend continuously) all we > need to do is look closer at this word. It is quite precise in yogic > parlance. > > May the force of real transcending be with you! > 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/
