TM is actually deriving its principles from Patanjali and the B. Gita. IMHO, Patanjali's yoga sutras are detailing the science of yoga. However, the B Gita is revealing the practical aspects or application of yoga. In effect, yoga essentially is NOT for the timid. There comes a time when a yogi must take ACTION as Nature wishes it to happen.
Failure to do so makes the individual unsuccessful here on earth and in heaven. --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Krishna's teaching is from and within a different > context than Patanjali. > > > > > --- billy jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Poor Arjuna. He was a warrior and was instructed by > > Lord Krishna to follow his dharma and fight. That > > means he could not follow Patanjali's practice of > > non-harming (ahimsa) without regard to time, place > > or intent. Nor could any of the other warriors for > > that matter. Although many of them practiced intense > > yoga tapas (austerity) to obtain martial arts > > siddhis they really must have only been practicing a > > form of yoga-lite McMeditation. > > > > Don't you just feel sorry for poor Arjuna? He > > killed people in battle. He therefore wasn't > > qualified for yama-niyama nor sannyasa > > (renunciation). He was not qualified for the inner > > limbs used in sanyama - dharana, dhyana, samadhi. > > Too bad - must have had bad karma. > > > > Poor Krishna. He was a warrior and killed people > > too. He wasn't qualified to do sanyama either. To > > bad. He must have had bad karma. > > > > The unqualified teaching the unqualified. What is > > this world coming to? > > > > empty > > > > > > "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MMY took the essential teachings of the > > Sanatana Dharma of India > > (eternal Religion of the Vedas)and made them into a > > science. > > > > In order to do this he had to sever certain parts of > > Patanjali's > > teachings in order to teach it as a Science. Limbs 1 > > and 2 are NOT > > being taught by the TMorg, but MMY concedes they are > > necessary in his > > BG and must be practiced simultaneously with the > > other 6. (page 363) > > Limbs 1 and 2 are *Religious* in nature! > > > > The reason he did it was to reach as many as > > possible by tailoring it > > to meet the needs (or mentality) of the day, some > > compromises were > > made, but essentially TM is yoga-lite for modernity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network > > Research Panel today! > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ >
