--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of sparaig > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 7:46 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Effort required in Buddhist Sadhana. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > This could be #1 in a "Effort in Meditation FAQ". > > > > On Mar 3, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Peter wrote: > > > > > Intent is subtle effort. Intent is present in TM. > > Except, one need not have intent to do TM. > > Maharishi, on my TTC, quoting some Vedic scripture: "Be > easy to us with gentle effort." He gave a whole lecture, > or part of one, about how TM did actually involve "gentle > effort."
That scripture quote is meaningless without context, Rick, as I've pointed out before. And as I recently posted, Charlie Donahue is quoted as saying TM doesn't even involve *intent* (which is my experience, and obviously Lawson's as well). There's some kind of subtle semantic finagling going on here that serves to confuse rather than to clarify.
