As I told before, I like this site quite a lot http://www.rainbowbody.net/HeartMind/Yogasutra.htm#translation
But it's kinda amusing how translators of YS remove the parts they don't like from the suutras. Like this: III. 38 bandha-karana-saithilyat prachara-samvedanach cha chittasya [The whole suutra as it appears in Taimni, goes like this: bandha-kaaraNa-shaithilyaat pracaara-saMvedanaac ca cittasya *para-shariiraaveshaH*. It wouldn't be a complete clause without the last compound, IMO. In principle the genitive attribute "cittasya" might refer to the previous suutra, but it wouldn't seem to be grammatical in this case.] Thus by loosening (saithilyat) the bonds (bandhas) of the causes (karana) of ignorance because of the coming forth (prachara) of knowledge (samvedanat), consciousness of self and of others (chittasya) come forth. Commentary: It is from this sutra that many interpret Patanjali as saying that this process pertains to the way of entering and controlling the consciousness and body of other beings, but here he is simply saying that as one understands how to loosen one's own bondage unraveling its causes, one also instantly understands the causes of bondage operating in others, and thus one is able to help direct them toward liberation if favorable karmic opportunities arise. Here simply being in the presence of a highly realized being is often enough to directly assimilate that state. Here bandha refers to a gate process which can either prevent something from entering or to hold something that may wander off in distraction inside or redirected. Here it is used in the former sense, to let something in. ----------------- Thus, the translation and commentary are worthless, IMO. But I guess the translator has found the idea of moving (aavesha: entrance) ones mind or consciousness or whatever (citta) into the body (shariira) of someone else (para), as Shankara did according to Shankara-dig-vijaya, rather disgusting, or stuff... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
