--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Mr. Magoo" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > > > If you really want to read the Bhagavad Gita with it's > > > Religious/Spiritual context still in tact read Swami Yogananda's > two > > > volumn set, an ambitious project but a remarkable translation! > > > > How does he translate for instance II 45? > > > > Maharishi's translation: > "The Veda's concern is with the three gunas. Be without the three > gunas, O Arjuna, freed from duality, ever firm in purity, > independent of possessions, possessed of the Self." > > Yogananda's translation: > "The Vedas are concerned with the three universal qualities or > gunas. O Arjuna, free thyself from the triple qualities and from the > pairs of opposites! Ever calm, harboring no thoughts of receiving > and keeping, become thou settled in the Self."
Maharishi once said; "Before this Knowledge (TM) was made available, Yoganandas teaching was the most effective. You know Yogananda, huh ?" There was a soft glow of love and respect in the way Maharishi spoke of Yogananda. This quote speaks volumes, though I think Maharishis translation is a tad more acccurate.
