Theos-Talk Archives (November 2000 Message tt00010)

Gene:
> Unless that authority refers to one's true self.

Most of the commentaries I've read say authority of the scriptures or an
enlightened yogi. Vivekananda brings out a legitimate inference, by saying
"authority" means real authority ie, authority based on insights from one's
real self. However, it takes a wee bit of training as a yogi, several
lifetimes that is, to know which insights are from our true nature and which
are not.

Nick

> > Throughout the Orient most schools of thought consider correct view,
valid
> > proof or pramanas (in Skt.) important. They vary on the number chosen.
> For
> > example the Yoga school of Patanjali gives (I, 7) three ways. 1) Sensory
> > perception; 2) Inference; and 3) Authority.