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MillionPaths , " Sachin Chavan "

<chavansachin@h...> wrote:

> Tony,

>

> Patanjali wrote Yogasutra... the foremost document on Yoga (not

> Asanas). He is reverred equally to Maharshi Vyasa by Indian

> spirtualists.

>

> The Sanskrit grammarian you refer to was Panini, not Patanjali.

>

> I suggest you read Yogasutra! It is the most scientific treatise

> (with extremely well-chosen few words) on spirituality ever known

to

> mankind.

>

> Sachin

>

> PS. If eating creates samskaras, wouldn't breathing also create

them?

> For me, samskaras are created out of desire/aversion... and not

> physical acts. Desiring for a certain diet leads to samskara but

not

> eating whatever you get. Sex cannot happen without a desire.

 

Namaste,

 

Eating doesn't happen without desire either, it is usually called

hunger.

I have two copies of the yogasutras, and I doubt very much that

they were completely written by just Patanjali. There are some

differences in style and philosophy if I remember rightly. Yes I

know of Panini but there was also a grammarian called Patanjali.

Reading the sutras is ok but it still isn't thinking for oneself,

just a guide on the path, perhaps even an opinion on the path. It is

really a scientific thesis on yoga, but it is not purporting the

same philosophy as Ramana..In the end it is just a book, as are many

others, we learn but still have to go within.............ONS...Tony.

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