The actual sutra is: te samaadaav-upasargaa vyutthaane siddhaya.h
Georg Feuerstein: These are obstacles to samadhi [but] attainments in emergence BonGiovanni, the restauranteur, made fabulous chicken cacciatore but his Sanskrit wasn't up to the same level. Give up restauranteurs and re-try someone like Herr Firestone or T.S. Rukmini. And Vaj you should know better. This Vedantic interpretation is discredited. It doesn't represent Patanjali's view. You should go back to your Tantrika-s and confess. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > You sound desperate to find some way out of Patanjali's denunciation of siddhi cultivation, Card! > > On Apr 29, 2010, at 1:37 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > YS III 36 > > > > To the outward turned mind the sensory organs [Vyaasa: > > praatibhaadayaH -- card] are perfections, but are obstacles > > to realization. > > > > http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/yogasuutra_meaning.pdf >