--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of sparaig > > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 7:46 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Effort required in Buddhist Sadhana. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > <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. >
I wasn't there, but I suspect that MMY's point was that "at most" some subtle effort MIGHT be involved, especially at the start.
