actually, i was taught it's a prayer of thankfulness, it's a prayer of gratitude to recognize that patanjali has given so many great gifts to humans. and so it's a recognition of the gifts that he's given - and the gratitude. so it's said more with a tone of gratitude. >> and that's what we heard when we spoke in class with the hare krishnas and they were opened up to that. god to them is very much a personal deity. you see, we're getting a little bit of variation there. they're not going to go with that monist idea, the "not two" idea, the dante idea - they want krishna there; they want rama. and if you've had a chance to look at their literature or go into one of their temples, you'll see it's very colorful. god is about bliss and god's playful and god's beautiful, and they want a relationship with that. and in fact, that's why, in their various festivals, it's such a very colorful idea. but the motivation is still the same - towards a sense of oneness, towards achman - however the relationship, coming around to being one with brahman - and it's a path they take quite seriously. >> i have