--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 16, 2006, at 7:14 PM, sparaig wrote:
[Vaj wrote:] > > > That [sic] why invincibility is a myth. It's a selling point > > > based on a falsehood. Actually what Patanjali says is that > > > ahimsa goes into your surroundings. In many cases what that > > > means is, if your neighbor hasn't done the same thing, he'll > > > come over and kick the crap out of you. > > > Really. Is THAT what YS 2:35 means... Vaj quickly does a little research to refresh his memory as to what YS 2:35 actually says, then walks back what he said originally so it bears some resemblance to Patanjali's sutra, having carefully expunged what he said to start with: > It's a sketch. That's why they need comments. Vyasa says > the loss of hostility extends to "all beings", by that > what he means is that creatures normally hostile to each > other--like a cat and a mouse--even they abandon their > natural hostility towards each other. > > The comments also specify the tests for the perfection of > ahimsa > > -the vitarkas and deviant thought no longer arise in > the presences of the causes which would normally incite > violence and those tendencies in others and > > -this is not a passing or occasional thing, but is stabilized, > permanent and natural (pratishtha). > > I like to call this quality of consciousness "immovability". > > This is why I have previously said for this to work one is at > least at the level of pacification or subjugation in terms of > their experience of samadhi. So tell us why "invincibility" is a myth and a selling point based on a falsehood again? What's the falsehood, exactly?
