--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Feb 22, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Mr. Magoo 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!
> > > > >
> > > > > If you think you've read the Gita because you've read
MMY's,
> > think
> > > > > again. MMY doesn't even begin to unfold the Holy allegory
of
> > this
> > > > > great masterpiece of Vyasa's!! Seriously....
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't mean to denegrate MMY's effort, only to put it in
> > context. MMY
> > > > > himself qualifies his translation, as, to fulfill
an "urgent
> > need" and
> > > > > a "general basis" for further commentaries but deemed it
> > > > > "necessary...without further loss of time".
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It's my understanding that all that was done for MMY's
> > commentary was
> > > > to read several extant versions and then he gave a synopsis
and
> > > > synthesis--in other words, it's not his own innate knowledge
or
> > > > comment, just a bunch of others put together in his own
words.
> > Rather
> > > > disappointing once you know it's origin.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Not what Vernon Katz said, and he was there.
> > >
> > Hey, you aren't repeating Vaj's brainwashed mantra-
> >
> > "TM bad, Buddhism good, Maharishi bad, Buddhism good, TM bad,
> > Buddhism good, Maharishi bad, Buddhism good, TM bad, Buddhism
good,
> > Maharishi bad, Buddhism good, TM bad, Buddhism good, Maharishi
bad,
> > Buddhism good...".
> >
> > Simple, huh? If you repeat it mentally as many times as Vaj has,
the
> > truth of it will finally sink in. So, what are you waiting for?
> >
>
> So why is it that a Buddhist can't be a TMer?
>
Beats me...
