> > What kind of life-hater aspires to "consider all > > experiences painful?" > > authfriend: > And there we have it, the definitive refutation of > the Yoga Sutras: Because one verse sounds to Barry > as if it implies hatred of the world, therefore the > entire work is worthless to him... > Of course, Buddhists don't hate the world, they just see it as it is, painful and unsatisfactory.
"And from the contrast with that which is composed of the three constituents, there follows, for the Purusha, the character of Being, a witness; freedom from misery, neutrality, percipience, and non-agency" - Samkhyakarika, XVII Read more: Subject: Uncaused Cause From: Willyex Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: April 18, 2001 http://tinyurl.com/ylqmaxt