Willy
Thank you for your reply. It is so clarifying. No prob if you don't understand
Comans book although that is hard to understand if you can also read scholars
discussing Tantra.
Since you don't understand Comans or unwilling to spend the $$ (I spent $128 –
twice your price), much less
On 9/2/2014 8:19 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Willy
Thank you for your reply. It is so clarifying. No prob if you don't
understand Comans book although that is hard to understand if you can
also read scholars discussing Tantra.
Now that's better!
Since you don't
Willy sez,
According to Madhyamaka all phenomena are empty of substance or essence
(Sanskrit: svabhava) because they are dependently co-arisen. Shankara does not
even address this point. And, Gaudapada in fact adopted this doctrine from
Buddha. Go figure.
Willy,
You were given the
Willy sez,
According to Raju, Gaudapada lived and taught during the 7th century CE.
Gaudapda adopted the Buddhist doctrines that ultimate reality is pure
consciousness.
Willy, you were given the references necessary to know better than this.
Apparently, you only scanned Michael Comman’s
According to Raju, Gaudapada lived and taught during the 7th
century CE.
Gaudapda adopted the Buddhist doctrines that ultimate reality is pure
consciousness.
On 8/31/2014 12:44 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Willy, you were given the references necessary to know better
On 8/28/2014 9:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
/A number of works are ascribed in manuscripts to Gaudapâda include
Uttaragitâbhâsya, a commentary on Nrisimhatâpaniya Upanishad, a
Durgâsaptashati, a Vidyarâtna Sûtra and a Subhâgodaya on Shri Vidyâ.
None of these
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 8/27/2014 4:20 PM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... [FairfieldLife] wrote:
You are supposed to be intelligent before you try and act intelligent.
You are supposed to try to make sense if you are intelligent.
Who's
Dan, don't assume.
I was initiated into Yogânanda's first Kriya in Dallas by Brother Anandamoy.
Much later I was initiated into a form of Kriya by Hariharananda's successor
Swami Prajñânananda.
Some benefit there but nothing like TM and TM sanyama.
Thank you for sharing your path.
Funnily, many years ago I gave away my copy of Autobiography, wanting to ensure
I was on the program. But what is the program? It is what you are doing. There
is nothing more important than life.
D
P.S. Now I read, discuss and gain from Everything. Currently,
On 8/28/2014 6:46 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 8/27/2014 4:20 PM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@...
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
You are supposed to be intelligent before you try and act
intelligent.
You are
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 8/28/2014 6:46 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
Ok. I hit the Show Message History link, so all could know what I'm talking
about. Doing that, my reply makes sense (unless the one, in question is
bewildered; but I'm always
On 8/28/2014 7:36 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Dan, don't assume.
Thanks for the clarification, but we already assumed you knew what you
were talking about, so it was an inference: a deduction, conclusion,
conjecture, speculation, guess, presumption, assumption,
Dan, beautiful points and I agree 100%.
On Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:02 AM, danfriedman2002
no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Thank you for sharing your path.
Funnily, many years ago I gave away my copy of Autobiography, wanting to ensure
I was on the program. But what is the
On 8/28/2014 8:02 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
Thank you for sharing your path.
My job here is not answer questions, but to question answers. You have
to realize that we are dialoging with informants that once cast doubt on
my documented evidence that SBS was a Shree Vidya adherent. Go
Here's the Big difference:
The Object dissolves into The Transcendent.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 8/28/2014 7:36 AM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Dan, don't assume.
Thanks for the clarification, but we already
Share,
Just like you and me are like two peas in a pod, this Knowledge is like
different peas in a pod. Very close together and similar (like 2 peas in a
pod)
I recently got in on a start-up Yahoo Group (a good one, this time) and have
been conversing with very interesting points of view.
Dan, I guess me the little pea fell out of the pod! Meaning, I don't know who
MacLaren is! Can you say what yahoo group that is?
On Thursday, August 28, 2014 10:04 AM, danfriedman2002
no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Share,
Just like you and me are like two peas in a pod, this
Richard Rich Kid,
I recently participated in the creation of a collaboration of student scholars
of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati Ji. (Paul Mason et al).
Send me your email as we can use some questioners. That group is very
productive.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@...
I'm no Botanist (more of a rock person), but when the pea falls out of the pod,
it does so to grow more pea pods. And The Cycle of Creation Continues*.
Leon MacLaren and Dr Roles traveled to India in 1965 and met-up with
Shankaracharya Shantananda Saraswati. He associated the Shankaracharya
On 8/28/2014 10:14 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
Richard Rich Kid,
I recently participated in the creation of a collaboration of student
scholars of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati Ji. (Paul Mason et al).
Send me your email as we can use some questioners. That group is very
productive.
Paul
On 8/28/2014 11:09 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
Leon MacLaren and Dr Roles traveled to India in 1965 and
met-up with Shankaracharya Shantananda Saraswati...
In 1965, Dr. Roles and a number of others were invited by the Maharishi
to go to India for a special visit to meditate together. It
Rich in Many Ways,
I started reading your brief. It is a great contribution. I will request that
Paul include you, if you'd like, in out current project. We are establishing
the definite link between Maharishi's teachings of Bliss Consciousness and His
Master's Teachings.
Paul has set out
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 8/28/2014 11:09 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
Leon MacLaren and Dr Roles traveled to India in 1965 and
met-up with Shankaracharya Shantananda Saraswati...
I think they got sidetracked. But, you know me, I just go along to
On 8/28/2014 2:12 PM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
I started reading your brief. It is a great contribution.
The worship of Shri Vidya has been popular in India from very ancient
times. Swami Gaudapada, the teacher of Shankaracharya, was a worshiper
of Sri Vidya. Following his initiation Swami
Adi Shankara’s guru was not Gaudapâda, who lived about 100-200 years earlier by
scholarly estimates1. Shankara’s guru was Govinda Bhagavatpâda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_Bhagavatpada, whom he met on the banks of
the Narmada River.
A number of works are ascribed in manuscripts to
On 8/28/2014 9:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Adi Shankara’s guru was not Gaudapâda, who lived about 100-200 years
earlier by scholarly estimates^1 . Shankara’s guru was Govinda
Bhagavatpâda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_Bhagavatpada,
whom he met on the banks of
On 8/28/2014 9:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Willy spouts this stuff because he wants to fool you and anyone else
who will listen on FFL. Tantric practice invaded Shankara's Advaita
sometime in the 12-13th century and still contaminates it today. This
has been pointed out
On 8/28/2014 9:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
He is also dishonest - allowing the mis-perception that he studied
with Yogânanda to stand. Yogânanda died in 1952 - case closed.
You are mistaken - We attended courses at Mt. Washington in 1966 with
Daya Mata and we learned
Thanks Rick-That link didn't work (for me) but here it is on Youtube. I think
Yogananda truly was a God-man and I think he knew about ALL the techniques of
meditation, including TM or mantra-japa. He teaches Kriya which works directly
with the prana or life force, not indirectly like TM. It
On 8/27/2014 9:37 AM, wgm4u wrote:
Thanks Rick-That link didn't work (for me) but here it is on Youtube.
I think Yogananda truly was a God-man and I think he knew about ALL
the techniques of meditation, including TM or mantra-japa. He teaches
Kriya which works directly with the prana or
I was with Swami Satchitananda.
Woodstock lives!
Rocks on
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 8/27/2014 9:37 AM, wgm4u wrote:
Thanks Rick-That link didn't work (for me) but here it is on Youtube. I
think Yogananda truly was a God-man and I think he knew about
“We were members of the SRF before starting TM in 1967 and were frequent
visitors to the Mt. Washington center in L.A.. The meditation is very similar
to TM practice and includes the use of a mantra called the hong sau as well
as being aware of the sound current. It is a reliable yoga practice
On 8/27/2014 10:19 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
I was with Swami Satchitananda.
We took several yoga classes with the Swami when we lived in Los Angeles
and helped him establish one of the first yoga ashrams in L.A. We were
close friends with the Swami's leading students, Thomas Rich, who
Whatever happened to the 14 yr old boy that the Vajra Regent knowingly
infected with AIDS. Is he still living?
Who is the Vajra Regent?
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 2:23 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Awake: The Life Of Yogananda - Rotten Tomatoes
Whatever happened to the 14 yr old
Unless Pramananda Yogananda was initiated by His Holiness Swami Brahmananda
Saraswati, he didn't have the TM technique.
I did enjoy his promo tape. He had me at the US Government placed him on their
Watch List.
he must have been doing something right.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
Yogananda had nothing close to TM. His techniques were all directed
attention. His OM meditation at the ajña-chakra was far away from TM.
Who is the Vajra Regent?
The Vajra Regent was Chogyam Trungpa’s personally chose successor. Original
name Thomas Rich later named Ösel Tendzin.
During the controversy, Pema Chödrön (the so-called monastic) used to hold
meetings where she would say “We can’t judge … we should just do our
Empty,
When there's Something Good Happening*, everyone wants the credit. Keep it up!
See you on the other side,
Full
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote :
Yogananda had nothing close to TM. His techniques were all directed
attention. His OM meditation at the
On 8/27/2014 2:22 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Whatever happened to the 14 yr old boy that the Vajra Regent
knowingly infected with AIDS. Is he still living?
You are supposed to read the book BEFORE you post your comments. Do they
have a public library where you live?
You are supposed to be intelligent before you try and act intelligent.
: The Life Of Yogananda - Rotten
Tomatoes
Whatever happened to the 14 yr old boy that the Vajra Regent
knowingly infected with AIDS. Is he still living?
, August 27, 2014 2:23 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Awake: The Life Of Yogananda - Rotten Tomatoes
Whatever happened to the 14 yr old boy that the Vajra Regent knowingly
infected with AIDS. Is he still living?
On 8/27/2014 3:25 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Yogananda had nothing close to TM. His techniques were all directed
attention. His OM meditation at the ajña-chakra was far away from TM.
How would you know?
On 8/27/2014 4:20 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
You are supposed to be intelligent before you try and act intelligent.
You are supposed to try to make sense if you are intelligent.
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