[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita

[Richard J. Williams]

TurquoiseB wrote:
> What's the difference if you're not living enlightenment?
> 
Well, Barry, the difference is that the Bhagavad Gita is about the
song of God, Lord Krishna, and the glorification of miltarism, as a
rebuttal to the pacifism of the prevailing Buddhism when the Gita was
composed. If you are an athiest, as you previously posted, you'd have
no comments to make that would be worthwhile concerning the God of the
Yoga philosophy. What you'd be wanting to do is refute the idea of the
Self, not argue for it. Go figure. So, maybe you'd like to explain how
enlightenment occurs in the materialist philosophy. If you don't
believe in the Ishvara of the Gita, then just about all you have left
is intelectualizing. Shakya the Muni taught Causation - he didn't
support the notion that there is a force such as Lord Krishna, who
appears to alter history or the laws of nature.