Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Dear Sada-ji Sashtang pranams. First please accept my apologies for this late reply - i inadvertently forgot your request and rememberd when i read your excellent introduction to vedanta today. The refs to the laghu yoga vashishta are 28.126-131 They are referenced in the jivanmuktiviveka - 3rd chap. Look eagerly forward to a wonderful continuation of your posts about vedanta. My thanks to Dennis-ji, and Prof-ji for starting off 2007 with such a plethora of vedantic thoughts and outpourings. Asato Maa Sat Gamaya... Humble pranams, Shyam advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada wrote: > > > --- Shyam <shyam_md wrote: > > > The same idea is found in the LaghuYogaVashishta as > > well.. > > > > " Even the practice of one-pointed attention through > > repeated sittings cannot conquer the man without the > > > > Hari OM > > Shyam > Shyam - praNAms > Would be interested to know the relavent sloaks from yoga vashishTa. > > Shankara provides vedantic meaning for ashTanga yoga in the AparOShAnubhUti, which is purely a > meditative text involving self-inquiry or Atma vichaara. > > Hari Om! > Sadananda > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 advaitin, "shyam_md" <shyam_md wrote: > > Dear Sada-ji > > The refs to the laghu yoga vashishta are 28.126-131 > They are referenced in the jivanmuktiviveka - 3rd chap.> > > advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda > <kuntimaddisada@> wrote: > > > > > > " Even the practice of one-pointed attention through > > > repeated sittings cannot conquer the man without the > > >> > Would be interested to know the relavent sloaks from yoga vashishTa. > > > > Shankara provides vedantic meaning for ashTanga yoga in the > AparOShAnubhUti, which is purely a > > meditative text involving self-inquiry or Atma vichaara. > > > > Hari Om! > > Sadananda > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 advaitin, "shyam_md" <shyam_md wrote: > The refs to the laghu yoga vashishta are 28.126-131 > They are referenced in the jivanmuktiviveka - 3rd chap. > advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda > <kuntimaddisada@> wrote: > > > > > The same idea is found in the LaghuYogaVashishta as > > > well.. > > > > > > " Even the practice of one-pointed attention through > > > repeated sittings cannot conquer the man without the > > > > > Would be interested to know the relavent sloaks from yoga vashishTa. The translation is available at: http://www.advaitin.net/Discussion%20Topics/Vidyaranya%20- r_goodding.pdf OR http://tinyurl.com/yx56tb p.184 16. But as to what Arjuna has said: For this mind is fickle, O Krishna, impetuous, strong, and obstinate. I think it is as difficult to restrain as the wind. [bhG 6.34] that statement refers to forceful (hatha) yoga. 17. For this reason Vasishtha says: By assuming different yogic postures over and over again, one cannot subdue the mind, without using methods (yukti)3 that are faultless. [LYV 5.10.126] 18. As a vicious elephant in rut cannot be controlled without a goad, just so the mind cannot be controlled without using the methods. [LYV 5.10.127] 3.2 The Methods for the Mind's Dissolution 1. Vasishtha has first of all properly explained the methods that cause the dissolution of the mind. When a man employs them steadfastly, his mind comes under his control. [untraced] 2. Control of the mind is said to be twofold: by force and by employing the methods. Control by force is the control of the modifications of thought through the control of the seat of the organs. 3. Rarely is someone born who dissolves the mind through force. [untraced]4 Acquiring knowledge of the Self, association with good people, [LYV 5.10.128ab] 4. complete abandonment of latent tendencies, and controlling the rhythm of breathing [LYV 5.10.128cd]—they say these are the methods in subduing the mind that are powerful. [LYV 5.10.129ab] 5. When these methods are available, those who control the mind out of force are throwing out the lamp and trying to dispel darkness by using soot. [LYV 5.10.130] 6. Those fools who are working to subdue the mind by forceful exercises, they are tying up a huge elephant in rut with fibers from a lotus stalk. [LYV 5.10.131] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 advaitins <advaitins > wrote: advaitin, "shyam_md" <shyam_md wrote: > > Dear Sada-ji > > The refs to the laghu yoga vashishta are 28.126-131 > They are referenced in the jivanmuktiviveka - 3rd chap.> > > advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda > <kuntimaddisada@> wrote: > > > > > > " Even the practice of one-pointed attention through > > > repeated sittings cannot conquer the man without the > > >> > Would be interested to know the relavent sloaks from yoga vashishTa. From Sankarraman Please refer to the two excellent translations done by Samvid, one containing the stories alongside the philosophy, the other being a translation of 2500 verses, selected by B.L.Aitreya, an authority on this text, who on seeing Bhghavan Ramana, clearly felt him to be an embodiment of the wisdom of Vasishta. Swamy Venkatesananda's translation is also very good, except that, to be fair to the facts, it seems to be almost an interpretation based on the teachings of Krishnamurthy, since he uses the terminologies, 'psychological memory, psychological time, choiceless awareness, what is, etc,' freely which no traditional teacher has used. In one place Samvid also has used the expression, 'choiceless awareness.'> > > > with regards Sankarraman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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