[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-18 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: Can we take our own future enlightenment as our ishta-devataa (meditation deity) in this lifetime? One of the definitions of final enlightenment (samyak.sam.bodhi) is omniscience (sarva-jñana) and supremacy over

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-17 Thread John
There's method in jyotish for determining your ishta devata. You cannot make yourself your own devata. Also, MMY said that the Buddha is a reincarnation of Vishnu or Krishna. As such, the Buddha is not a mere human being with unusual powers. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-17 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: There's method in jyotish for determining your ishta devata. You cannot make yourself your own devata. To do so would be a form of spiritual masturbation, and thus is frowned upon. Don't diddle your devata. :-) Also, MMY said

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: In this case as in so many others, settling for what Maharishi said is really settling. MMJY, like you, clearly settled for what he had been told. The thought of opening a book about the Buddha, his life, and his

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-17 Thread emptybill
You must mean svasamvedana or self-reflectivity, not to be confused with a so called mental state ofself reflection. I don't have a clue about ayurveda mantras. Who has info (with explanations) about them? How does this relate to one's own sarva-jñana as the complete and final actualization?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-17 Thread Bhairitu
Flowery words there empty, but the important part is the effect. And using the proper mantra to balance yourself can also produce enlightenment. If you just did a little search you would have found the most common mantras used for the doshas are: hoong for kapha, shring for pitta and ram for

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip Someday, John, you should really consider doing a little reading about spiritual history, so that you don't come off as such an ignoramus sometimes. snip Buddha was as much a Hindu or a part of the Vedic tradition as

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-16 Thread Yifu
Interesting idea...thx for mentioning it; though I prefer Goddesses such as Kwan Yin; ymmv http://www.mykwanyin.com/images/00kuan_yin_1_.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: Can we take our own future enlightenment as our ishta-devataa (meditation

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-16 Thread seventhray1
Are you sure you don't mean this Kwan? http://www.usa-hero.com/kwan_michelle.html http://www.usa-hero.com/kwan_michelle.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: Interesting idea...thx for mentioning it; though I prefer Goddesses such as Kwan Yin; ymmv

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-16 Thread Yifu
...I'd have to deal with the pet first http://www.fantasygallery.net/bader/art_0_bamboo-Forest.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: Are you sure you don't mean this Kwan? http://www.usa-hero.com/kwan_michelle.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-16 Thread seventhray1
You know of course her mother was human, but her father was Pandorian. That hasn't escaped you I presume. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: ...I'd have to deal with the pet first http://www.fantasygallery.net/bader/art_0_bamboo-Forest.html --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-16 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: You know of course her mother was human, but her father was Pandorian. For whatever reason the human gene has always been dominant to the Pandorian one. Not sure why. We see this all the time. That hasn't escaped

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-16 Thread Yifu
I lvvveee those Pandorans! http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/celebdatabase/deniserichards/denise_richards1_300_400.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: You

[FairfieldLife] Re: One's Own Ishta-Devataa

2011-06-16 Thread Yifu
Pandora http://www.rctorres.net/wp-content/gallery/2d-work/plight_of_pandora1700.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: I lvvveee those Pandorans! http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/celebdatabase/deniserichards/denise_richards1_300_400.jpg --- In