[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-14 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Yeah, it could be all the sages of Hinduism are wrong and you're right! Siddhis don't really cause you to acquire vyutthAna (SCI- speak: outward-stroke) samskaras, they're actually really good for you! You'll attain the

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-13 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Oct 12, 2011, at 5:36 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:51 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: emptybill: More B.S.

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-13 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Long time no do TM-Sidhis regularly. Only very occasionally, because they seem to be way too powerful techniques for such an 'aashaya' of negative karma as myself. I'm just concerned about the apparently poor

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-13 Thread Ravi Yogi
I'm just concerned about the apparently poor Sanskrit skills of modern Indian spiritual leaders... You know what this means don't you cardemaister, we need you, world needs you, heck..Sanskrit needs you, to take your unenlightened butt off the couch typing Sanskrit posts on FFL, practice

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-13 Thread whynotnow7
Yes! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: I'm just concerned about the apparently poor Sanskrit skills of modern Indian spiritual leaders... You know what this means don't you cardemaister, we need you, world needs you, heck..Sanskrit needs you, to take your

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-13 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: I'm just concerned about the apparently poor Sanskrit skills of modern Indian spiritual leaders... You know what this means don't you cardemaister, we need you, world needs you, heck..Sanskrit needs you, to take your

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: As everybody even down in Texas knows, Patañjali himself doesn't seem to call the results of various saMyama_s in the third book of YS siddhi_s but rather vibhuuti_s, because the title of that book is vibhuuti-paada.

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Vaj: Siddhis don't really cause you to acquire vyutthAna (SCI-speak: outward-stroke) samskaras, they're actually really good for you! Well, I can think of several Tibetan teacher that cultivated and exhibited many siddhis. Maybe you could supply the names of a few more. Thanks. As

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread Vaj
On Oct 12, 2011, at 10:07 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: Vaj: Siddhis don't really cause you to acquire vyutthAna (SCI-speak: outward-stroke) samskaras, they're actually really good for you! Well, I can think of several Tibetan teacher that cultivated and exhibited many siddhis. Maybe

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread emptybill
More B.S. Card, handed to you with a straight face. The very person who enumerated the shamataa teaching Vag likes to opine about gave explanations about how to develop various meditative siddhi-s (abhijña). Part of the training for bodhisattvas is cultivation of siddhi-s/abhijña to be able to

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
emptybill: More B.S. Card, handed to you with a straight face... And, don't forget about the Six Yogas of Naropa (Wisdom Activities Path Six Methods of Accomplishment), each one produces it's own siddhi. The six yogas were intended in part to help in the attainment of siddhi and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread Vaj
On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:51 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: emptybill: More B.S. Card, handed to you with a straight face... And, don't forget about the Six Yogas of Naropa (Wisdom Activities Path Six Methods of Accomplishment), each one produces it's own siddhi. And once again, sadly not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread Vaj
Wonderful, thank you WIlly 2. Proof positive of what I've said: TM is such a superficial state, it's not possible for siddhis to arise as they should, spontaneously (sahaja). No wonder their nervous systems are so screwed up. I bet you stopped your program, didn't you Bill? As we've already

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:51 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: emptybill: More B.S. Card, handed to you with a straight face... And, don't forget about the Six Yogas of Naropa (Wisdom Activities Path Six Methods of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread Vaj
On Oct 12, 2011, at 5:36 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:51 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: emptybill: More B.S. Card, handed to you with a straight face... And, don't forget about the

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: vibhuuti_s and siddhi_s?

2011-10-12 Thread richardnelson108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Oct 12, 2011, at 5:36 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:51 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: emptybill: More B.S.