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Hello all brothers and sisters,

 

I am a new member to the group.

 

Right now I am sifting through my inbox because it has

been flooded with group mails. As with everything in

life, so with these messages...some of hate and spite

while some of scholarly and esoteric stuff. Keep them

coming mates!!

 

A famous verse in the Rig Veda says, "Aa no bhadrah

kritavo yantu vishvatah", which means "let noble

thoughts come to us from every side".

 

See you later.

 

 

--- Mary Ann <maryann wrote:

 

Namaste All:

 

Yesterday in the bookstore I saw a book called Yoga

and

Mindfulness. Apparently, it's a "new" concept to

bring yoga and

mindfulness together. The book came out in April 2004.

My

experience of yoga is that the more I practice, the

more mindful I

can become. In Iyengar yoga classes, so much attention

is

placed on correct alignment, the point being to align

the body so

that gravity is working with you, not against you.

This brings

about the conditions that create space for mindfulness

to

blossom. I have noticed that the yoga classes I attend

most

regularly have not directly addressed the spiritual

aspects of

yoga, and that I am still developing my own awareness

in this

area, despite the fact that the teachers are not

instructing in that

area. This is why I appreciated Machig Lapdron's

comment that

she is not the teacher, and a student needs to trust

her/his

innate wisdom. I have also noticed that teachers that

attempt to

address the spiritual aspects are not generally that

good at

addressing the physical aspects, or do not have a

sense of how

these aspects actually work together.

 

I have been reading Thich Nhat Hanh, as you can tell

if you've

been reading my posts of late. That is how I came

across this

book; he wrote the forward, and the book was on the

shelf where

his books are kept at the store I visited yesterday.

Here is what

the publisher is saying about this book. If anyone

has any

comments about Buddhism and Hinduism, I would be

interested in hearing/reading them. I have been

wondering how

Thich Nhat Hanh's work would be seen by Hindus, or by

members of this group. For me, it fits right in with

why I am a

member of this group.

 

".... Relating the Indian sage Patanjali's teachings

on yoga to

Buddhist teachings, the author invites practitioners

of yoga and

meditation to experience yoga's asanas, or poses, as

occasions

for mindfulness meditation. This relationship is both

novel and

logical. Buddhism grew from Hindu-yoga roots, and

yoga,

certainly as understood in America, could use a

greater

appreciation of its spiritual significance. Following

a discussion

of Buddhist teachings grounded on some central

discourses

(sutras) and heavily indebted to Vietnamese Zen monk

Thich

Nhat Hanh, who supplies a foreword, Boccio provides

four

sequences of poses. The sequences generally repeat

poses

but are intended to lead the student to new

understandings of

those poses, thus encouraging growth in the discipline

of yoga.

..... Because this book tries to do so much, it's not

for beginning

yoga students or meditators, but those with

established

practices may benefit from seeing the postures in a

surprising

and more spiritual light."

Reed Business Information, a division of

Reed

Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Yoga Journal, April 2004

"EDITOR'S CHOICE! Boccio shows that Buddhist practice

is

itself a form of yoga, presenting a meditational

approach to

asana practice."

 

Mary Ann

 

 

 

 

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