[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

[jim_flanegin]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> 
wrote:
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> > Interesting that Yogananda exhorts the reader to "free thyself" 
from 
> > the three gunas, implying effort, whereas Maharishi says "be 
> > without" the three gunas, implying effortlessness.
> >
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> Yes, I believe "bhava" (nistraiguNyo bhavaarjuna [bhava + arjuna])
> is the second person imperative form from "bhu" (to be). It's
> not a transitive (sort of; more "accurately", parasmaipada) verb, as
> Yogananda's "free thyself" would imply.
>
Glad to hear it.