--- In [email protected], "Mr. Magoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > Did you not read what I wrote? > > Yeah...and don't take my word for it, it was just a teaser, so to > speak, see for yourself. > > > In the first place, what you quoted is from the two > > guys' *commentaries*, not their translations. In > > the second place, MMY's commentary goes into great > > detail on the "esoteric" aspects in his commentary; > > No he doesn't....
Uh, yes, he does. > > > what you quoted is from the very last part of his > > commentary on this verse, and it does indeed deal > > with the "exoteric" aspects--but not because that's > > *all* he deals with! > > Like I said, the *both* have merit!! > > > I'm asking if you have similarly taken the quote from > > Yogananda out of context. If that's all the commentary > > he has on the verse, it isn't anywhere near as > > comprehensive as MMY's. > > Heavens no! The entire book, Judy, the entire book is like that, to > the very last detail. If you've only read MMY's commentary and were > going to leave it at that (like I was going to) you're short > changing yourself, seriously. I have no doubt Yogananda's commentary is worth reading. I'll see if I can get hold of it. I've just never thought of it when I've been in a bookstore or on Amazon's site. I'm commenting on your post, not on the book. > > MMY really only mentions it as an allegory...he never unfolds it!! > Vyasa was a genious and the book deserves better than what MMY turned > out, but he felt it was needed to fulfill an urgent need of the time > vis-a-vis CH2vs45. Read his disqualifier in the introduction!! >
