> > 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

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Subject: Uncaused Cause
From: Willyex
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
Date: April 18, 2001
http://tinyurl.com/ylqmaxt

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