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Does anyone know where one might obtain a copy of

SKPJ's now-out-of-print Yoga Mala? Our local library

system does not have access to it. How valuable is it as

a reference for daily practice? Does it focus asana

and pranayama more than the other 6 limbs? Thanks for

any info.

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Sorry, but you can't dismiss the Yoga Mala as

"but one text" in this forum. It is authored by none

other than K Pattabhi Jois himself. It is to his

ashtanga vinyasa yoga that this board is

oriented.<br>Interesting that so many of KPJ's loyal soldiers sidestep the

brahmacharya issue. I'd be pleased if you could convince me

otherwise, but to me his message is clear on its face.

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not dismissed ... simply described. your

reference to the yoga mala was in the context of a

discussion of gay men. would be useful if you could explain

-- is it your contention that k. pattabhi jois

specifically means to promulgate a prohibition of gay sex?

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It's interesting how many folks who "study"

eastern religions (I've met many "Tibetan" Buddhist

practioners like this--meaning white folks who've rejected

their inherited religions) cling to the teachings (via

texts "authorized" by a particular "wise being") as

desperately as many of the fundamentalist Christians and

Muslims do to theirs.<br><br>Although I find the eight

limbs of Ashtanga a very good template for a healthy

life, I think it's always good to have a certain amount

of skepticism, or at least a willingness to let go

of what I currently believe.<br><br>I don't see much

difference in attitude between many right wing Christian

Fundamentalists and Tibetan Buddhists (that is the western

practioners) and even many Yoga practioners in the sense that

they rigidly cling to the dogma of whatever

"authoratative" text or Guru backs up (or inspires) their current

belief. The reality is, what my Guru teaches to be proper

for me, may not be proper for everyone. The Buddha

called this "expidient means" (Upaya) meaning everyone

has different obstacles (and different means) to

liberation. <br><br>Needing a universal "solution", I think,

is rooted in the natural human desire of wanting

something "solid" to hang on to, i.e. a "truthful" or

"correct" path.<br><br>Check out "I Am That" by Sri

Nisargadatta Maharaj. Your insistence that anything is fixed

including the way "one should live" may be thrown into

question.<br><br>PM

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My insistence? I believe your suggestion is meant

for for Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Perhaps he will indeed

check out "I Am That" by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and

thus enlightened, amend the Yoga

Mala.<br><br>Meanwhile, since you are posting on what purports to be an

ashtanga board, why don't you check out Yoga Mala?

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I am not disputing the authority of Sri K.

Patabbhi Jois, nor am I disputing your account of his

teaching. <br>I'm wondering if some of his students (and I

wonder this of many students of any religion or

philosophy) insist on the truth of what he says without

actually putting those claims to the test of thier own

life experience.<br>The Buddha is said to have

admonished people to verify for themselves the truth (or

lack thereof) of his (ar any) teaching rather than

believe it simply because he said it. <br>You state

Patabbhi Jois' position on Bramacharya without giving any

indication of your experience regarding this interesting

subject. <br>Personally, I've found his interpretation (as

you've relayed it) of Bramacharya to work very well for

me, though I wouldn't make that claim for everyone

(particulary someone I've never met).<br>I do study several

texts--Yoga Mala is in the mail-- and prefer to use them as

suggestive outlines rather that seeing them as the

irrefutable gospel. Maybe this is my weakness. So be it.

<br><br>PM

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