08-15-2006, 07:45 PM
-----------------RANT ON------------------------
Don't you think step 1 & 2 can be interchanged given that finding an authentic sat-guru is so tricky these days??
And instead of Yama and Niyamas, I think Sri Krishna's Deva-Asur Sampad Bhibag Yog lists a much complete sets of qualities regarding what leads to truth and what leads to the path away from God.
Yama, Niyama is true but since some essential divine qualities (Like Tejas) has been skipped in the yogic yama and niyama, it's application in all aspects of life outside astanga yoga may make one weak. And it is a fully byakti dharma. Deva-Asur Sampad Vibhag Yog applies to a byakti and Samaj equally.
If Gita is like the common denominator of Sanatana Dharma, we would do better to stick by it beyond specific personal dharmas. We actually haven't done that since ... .
Various peoples have been more interested to claim Gita for their particular brand of philosophy (Advaita, Vdvaita even Kaula ...), very few have ever stood behind what Krishna himself had stood behind. With a very real Kurushetra in front of us (for so long) we have chosen to seek Kurkhestra in our minds, words and philosophies.
---------------RANT OFF----------------------------
Don't you think step 1 & 2 can be interchanged given that finding an authentic sat-guru is so tricky these days??
And instead of Yama and Niyamas, I think Sri Krishna's Deva-Asur Sampad Bhibag Yog lists a much complete sets of qualities regarding what leads to truth and what leads to the path away from God.
Yama, Niyama is true but since some essential divine qualities (Like Tejas) has been skipped in the yogic yama and niyama, it's application in all aspects of life outside astanga yoga may make one weak. And it is a fully byakti dharma. Deva-Asur Sampad Vibhag Yog applies to a byakti and Samaj equally.
If Gita is like the common denominator of Sanatana Dharma, we would do better to stick by it beyond specific personal dharmas. We actually haven't done that since ... .
Various peoples have been more interested to claim Gita for their particular brand of philosophy (Advaita, Vdvaita even Kaula ...), very few have ever stood behind what Krishna himself had stood behind. With a very real Kurushetra in front of us (for so long) we have chosen to seek Kurkhestra in our minds, words and philosophies.
---------------RANT OFF----------------------------