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Re: Error in ULT Voice

Nov 08, 1998 03:56 PM
by Alpha (Tony)


"The Voice of the Silence" itself renders it differently, after an
explanation of the two kinds of *Siddhis* [p. 73]:
Says Krishna in *Shrimad Bhagavat*:-
"He who is engaged in the performance of yoga, who has subdued his senses
and who has concentrated his mind in me (Krishna), such yogis all the
Siddhis stand ready to serve."
Tony

<> Nicholas Weeks <> am455@lafn.org <> Los Angeles - wrote:
>  Nothing learned, however outstanding and however helpful, will
>  ever give me any pleasure if the knowledge is to be for my benefit alone.
>	Seneca

>In the 1987 printing, on page 1, footnote 1 is a quote from the _Srimad
>Bhagavat_.  Following this title the ULT editor(s) added in brackets
>[Bhagavad Gita].  The _Srimad Bhagavat_ is not the Gita.  It is also
>called the _Bhagavat Purana_.  The quotation can be found at XI, 15, 1 of
>any translation of the _Bhagavatam_.  Here, for example is how Raghunathan
>(vol. II, p.575-76) renders it:
>
>"The exalted Lord went on: Miraculous powers accrue to the yogi who has
>subdued his senses, established control over the life-breath and steadied
>his mind, concentrating it on Me."
>
>Swami Tapasyananda (vol. 4, p.76) puts it:
>
>"The worshipful Lord said: To the yogi who has thus conquered the senses,
>controlled the vital forces, attained steadiness of mind, and
>concentrated it on Me, many psychic powers accrue."
>
>The quote can also be found in the _Uddhava Gita_ which is a portion of
>the _Bhagavatam_ often printed as a separate work.





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