--(from below): "- When you realize this, all discontent and mental suffering come to an end, you are liberated: you know that you are free and immortal. You don't have to be reborn or come back anymore."
My comment: I haven't seen much evidence that "all discontent" is eliminated. Also, Ramakrishna and Ramana died of cancer. Ramakrishna looked like one of those Andersonville prisoners of war toward the end. I can't figure how this (E) puts an end to physical suffering,...which you didn't mention. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 6, 2008, at 3:04 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:45 PM, cardemaister wrote: > > >> > > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifuxero@> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>>> 44. What is meant by restraint in the centre of the brow? The left > > >>>> and right in the central channel. > > >>> > > >>> Seems like the translator doesn't know Sanskrit syntax very > > >>> well. The last word of that suutra is a compound word: > > >>> > > >>> savyaapasavyasauSumneSu (savya-apasavya-sauSumneSu). > > >> > > >> > > >> Actually Mike is fluent in Sanskrit, although I never really liked > > >> his > > >> translation of the SS. > > >> > > > > > > Have you got any favourite translation of the above suutra? > > > > > > Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening by Swami Lakshmanjoo > > > > He was the last living acharya of that tradition. > > > > My favorite translation of III 45 goes like this: > > 3-45 Concentrating on the center within the nose, what use > are the left and the right channels or suSumna? > > naasikaantarmadhyasaMyamaat kimatra savyaapasavyasauSumNeSu > > 3-45 Concentrating (saMyamaat: ~performing saMyama) on the center > within the nose (naasikaa+antar-madhya), what use > are (kim atra: what here?) the left (savya: iDaa?) and the right > (apasavya: pin.galaa?) channels or suSumna (sauSumNeSu)? > > http://www.shaivam.org/ssshivasuutra.htm >
