Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question
might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis?
I pose this as a question for those on this forum who
might fall into that category, and look forward to
their answers.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote:
I
On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:47 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question
might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis?
So you can imagine your ego is connected to world events, like
earthquakes, hurricanes, the stock market and stuff like that. It's
expansion of
I think there are at least two possible basic
reasons, why many modern Indian gurus despise
paatañjala-yoga-siddhis:
TurquoiseB:
Card, with all due respect, a more relevant
question might be, Why would anyone *want*
siddhis?
I pose this as a question for those on this
forum
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question
might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis?
Well, according to Maadhava VidyaaraNya's Shankara-dig-
vijaya, the Great Shankara himself utilized cittasya
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question
might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis?
Well, according to Maadhava VidyaaraNya's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
snip
Patanjali actually states These experiences resulting
from samyama are obstacles to samadhi, but appear to be
attainments or powers to the worldly mind.
From the perspective of MMY's teaching on how to
practice the sutras,
Something more interesting to do other than chop wood and carry water.
:-D
TurquoiseB wrote:
Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question
might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis?
I pose this as a question for those on this forum who
might fall into that category, and look
One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living in Hong Kong
(10 years?...I've forgotten); no typhoons hit the City due to the fact that he
was using siddhis to block or dissipate the typhoons. Although he rarely used
siddhis to directly impact the physical world; he regularly
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote:
One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living
in Hong Kong (10 years?...I've forgotten); no typhoons hit the
City due to the fact that he was using siddhis to block or
dissipate the typhoons. Although he
Quite true! I had (and still do) some major differences of opinion with Hsuan
Hua. I'm hoping to acquire Siddhis to be able to predict the future, especially
the stocks, commodities and most important, the Forex markets.
Among the Gurus claiming or implying that they have Siddhis, I have
This is how siddhis are used in my tantric tradition. For example we
learn the maran siddhis to help someone who has supposedly had a maran
spell cast on them.
yifuxero wrote:
One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living in Hong Kong
(10 years?...I've forgotten); no
TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote:
One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living
in Hong Kong (10 years?...I've forgotten); no typhoons hit the
City due to the fact that he was using siddhis to block or
dissipate the
he regularly used them to offset subtle negative
influences, such as evil spirits and elementals...
TurquoiseB:
I think you meant to say that he *believed* that he
was dispelling subtle negative influences
You're a True Believer (TB) - nothing in your report
below suggests that
yifuxero:
Among the Gurus claiming or implying that they have
Siddhis, I have difficulty fathoming why they would
then beg for money from their followers...
That's because manifesting $$$ and begging from your
followers are one and the same thing, but begging is
a little easier, if you're
Bhairitu:
This is how siddhis are used in my tantric tradition.
For example we learn the maran siddhis to help someone
who has supposedly had a maran spell cast on them...
That makes a lot of sense - casting a 'spell' on someone
who has had a spell cast upon them. A spell to get rid
of
WillyTex wrote:
Bhairitu:
This is how siddhis are used in my tantric tradition.
For example we learn the maran siddhis to help someone
who has supposedly had a maran spell cast on them...
That makes a lot of sense - casting a 'spell' on someone
who has had a spell cast upon
The word is marana - death causing.
Hindi speakers like to drop the last syllable if it is an *a*.
Just remember it as *mrita/amrita*- mortal/immortal.
This word is contain in many mantras along with *phat*, the
so-called weapon bija, used to burn away dross and the armor
mantra *hum*
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