Monday, August 18, 2008

Wrong Knowledge


Well, today I was expecting some guys to fix my room's wall, but, as usually, they didnt come.
Then i went to yoga class. Quite normal. Nothing different from usual.
I reached home, came to computer, doing some researches...

Today, at yoga institute, we were studying some sutras and talking about Avidya (wrong knowledge) and other derivatives like Anitya (not permanent) and others.

I would like to share a little of this interesting class. (:
In yoga, we have Samkhya philosophy, its a beautiful philosophy which everybody should read at least once.
Anitya (sanskrit word) is something not permanent.
- We believe everything is permanent, but noo, even our body, its not permanent. Thoughts also arent permanent at all. Everything changes.
Another thing is, we think we are pure, because we get attached to our body, how we look. Materialism causes us pain. We are not pure. Let's put some humility into our mind.
Ignorance > Materialism > Ego > Attachment > Suffering/Pain.
So, Avidya > Thoughts of what is not permanent, not pure and painful. We call it wrong knowledge.

Any situation of your life, it's not permanent. Let it be, learn not to get hurt.
(Yoga also says, accept things/situations as they are, but i agree in parts, i have a theory about it, i ll talk about it on the next post. ;)

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