--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > Hmmm... how big a difference would it make if > > one translated "samaadhau" to 'in samaadhi' instead > > of 'to samaadhi'? I seem to recall that Vyaasa or > > Bhoja comments that siddhis tend to make samaadhi weaker, but they > > don't obstruct it alltogether (provided I've understood > > the Sanskrit approximately correctly). > > Don't know nuttin' about the Sanskrit, but recall > that according to MMY, the function of practicing > the TM-Sidhis is to "challenge" samadhi, as with > the metaphor of the sun fading the yellow dye in the > context of plain-vanilla TM. Activity following > meditation "challenges" the samadhi that remains > after meditation, which ultimately results in > strengthening it and making it permanent. > > The intense color of the dye when the cloth comes > out of the dye vat is "weakened" by the sun, but > what remains is what has become permanent. The > permanent part is added to incrementally with each > dip into the vat until it's all permanent. But > that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't "weakened" > by the sun each time. > > Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but > the possible parallel struck me as interesting.
The sidhis challenge/weaken samadhi on the most fundamental level possible. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
