On Oct 1, 2007, at 2:07 PM, billy jim wrote:
According to Georg Feuerstein the sole source for this term is
Buddhist sutra and shastra. There are no other instances of "dharma-
megha" being used in the darshanas, epics or yogic literature prior
to Patanjali's usage. I did look at Shankara's
Although "swamij's" transliteration slightly "sucks"
(mainly by ignoring the long vowels), his translation
seems quite interesting:
4.29 When there is no longer any interest even in omniscience, that
discrimination allows the samadhi, which brings an abundance of
virtues like a rain cloud bring
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> According to Georg Feuerstein the sole source for this term is
Buddhist sutra and shastra. There are no other instances of "dharma-
megha" being used in the darshanas, epics or yogic literature prior to
Patanjali's usa
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> | prakRSTamashuklakRSNaM dharmaM parama-
> > puruSaarthasaadhakaM mehati siñcatiiti dharmameghaH |
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Guess I must be amongst the last ones to reali
According to Georg Feuerstein the sole source for this term is Buddhist sutra
and shastra. There are no other instances of "dharma-megha" being used in the
darshanas, epics or yogic literature prior to Patanjali's usage. I did look at
Shankara's vivarana and will check out Vijnanabhikshu's comme
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| prakRSTamashuklakRSNaM dharmaM parama-
> puruSaarthasaadhakaM mehati siñcatiiti dharmameghaH |
Let's suppose for the time being that 'dharmameghaH'
actually is the subject of that sentence. Then
the core of it could
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> I can't translate but I have read that dharma-megha means that the
> yogi also rains dharma onto the surrounding society, source was
Julian Lee
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I can't translate but I have read that dharma-megha means that the
yogi also rains dharma onto the surrounding society, source was Julian Lee
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> What does "dharma-megha-samaadhi" mean?
> In his commentary on YS IV
