--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which imperfections are TMers taught to cling to?
I don't believe I was taught to cling to anything in the TM context. Were you, Vaj? Satsangers > often indulge in the imperfections. > > The Ten Imperfections of Insight (vipassanupakilesas): > An inexperienced meditator may be confused by any of the > following experiences, mistakenly believing that he or > she has reached nibbana. > > Though not in themselves obstacles, the meditator may be > tempted to cling to these experiences, believing them to > be important, rather than continuing to note the arising > and passing away of mental and physical phenomena in the > present moment. At such time the guidance of a teacher > is invaluable. Since these are "imperfections" associated with vipassana meditation, and TM is not vipassana, it's hard to figure out how any of this would be relevant to TM anyway.