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Permalink Reply by Omwoods on August 12, 2010 at 7:56pm

Oh my God I love Bhagavad-gita! I have some insights on the "evil maya" and nature correlation, I'll have to get back to you later though :) Losing internet connection right about now.

Permalink Reply by spin gypsy of Centric Hoops* on August 20, 2010 at 11:07am

i am currently reading the gita as of now. im sure bhakti can give you some really great insights on interpreting the book. i can understand how you feel about some of the negativity in it. have you ever read the yoga sutras? patanjali's book is also one that a lot of people who study yoga look to. its less of a story and more of a set of guidelines. maybe that may be more your style. i, too, once considered myself pagan and still feel the same as you do regarding the world as something to be celebrated. also, if you are looking to study yoga philosophy, maybe tantra would be something that would interest you more. tantrics believe that our body, the world, and the afterlife are all connected in a sense. they believe that, unlike most yogic traditions, that we are NOT seperated from our bodies, nor the earth and celebrate life in the form of being and doing all we love. it is a very interesting sect of yoga. coming from a pagan background, you may find that tantra and paganism have a lot in common.

StudentPermalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on August 21, 2010 at 7:21am

Thanks for the suggestions, spin gypsy. The philosophy behind the different branches of yoga definately fascinate me. I need to see about tracking down the yoga sutras.

Permalink Reply by Lotus on August 28, 2010 at 10:58am

The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali are definatly the definitive scripts in yoga. There are thousands of translations and are still open to interpritation, I like Alistair Shearer's translation.