On May 8, 2010, at 4:50 PM, cardemaister wrote: > OK! Please, just don't claim anymore, that Patanjali *himself* was > against practising the siddhis, unless you can prove that the > pronoun 'te' in 'te samaadhaav upasargaa...' refers to all the > siddhis, not just those mentioned in the previous suutra! > (Vyaasa: 'te *praatibhaadayaH*...')
I can only tell you what I was instructed, mouth to ear, in the Patanjali trad. If you want to make up something else, go for it.