--- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Comment below: > > ** > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > **snip** > > > > Only Leisha Vidya ("the remains of the yagya" -- after the burning > > of the offerings) remains. Only enough of "ignorance" for there to > > be activity, but it does not overwhelm the bliss or enlightenment, > > nor the positive influence in the environment of an active ascended > > being (which purifies its environment). The karma no longer has a > > control (birth and rebirth) over the being, because the karma has > > been burned up in the fire of 'knowledge', as the Gita states. > > That is the theory Maharishi expounds, I am not saying I agree with > > it or anything, just sounds fair enough to me. I don't agree or > > disagree. > > > > OffWorld > > > **end** > > Offworld, that's a cool way to articulate "LV" (above) by > transliterating the 2d word as Vidya (knowledge) and translating it as > Yagya. Nice interaction of the relationship of knowledge to yagya, > both the gross act of the ritual with offerings into fire, as well as > the inner yagya of offering self to Self. > > I'd always transliterated it "lesh avidya" -- the remains of > ignorance, meaning the body (the notion of which is there because of > ignorance). 'Avidya'; negation of knowledge. After realizing > enlightenment, the body (or the notion of it) remains until its > demise, and then drops away. > > When I first Maharishi talk of it, he gave the example of baby Krishna > who loved to steal butter and eat it. Maharishi said that the ball of > butter was like ignorance itself, and that once the butter ball is > gone (consumed by Brahman), then what remains is the butter grease on > the hand -- the remains of ignorance. > > It's a nice interaction between those two ways of looking at the term, > too. > > Thanks. > > Marek>>
Nice. I just forgot how to spell it , but I have definately heard it translated by Maharishi as the 'remains of the yagya' (the ashes). A yagya is an action to create evolution but every action has its residue. Butter thief baby. Isn't it great. OffWorld
