On Mar 4, 2007, at 2:56 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Effort required in Buddhist Sadhana.
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> This could be #1 in a "Effort in Meditation FAQ".
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> On Mar 3, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Peter wrote:
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> > 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.”
Even if he had, it's well known that any meditation that uses an
object will, by it's very nature, require some suble effort since
they all rely on some kind of technique. Of course this applies to
ALL forms of meditation with an object; Buddhist, Hindu, Tamil,
Tantric, Jain, etc., etc. People get attached to the advertising
dogma: they believe the sales pitch and then turn the pitch into dogma.
TM is simple & easy, and that's enough.
