--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 5:48 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Light of Self Realization, plain and simple > > > > --- In HYPERLINK > "mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com"FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick > Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: HYPERLINK > "mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com"FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:HYPERLINK > "mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 3:55 PM > > To: HYPERLINK > "mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com"FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Light of Self Realization, plain > and simple > > > > > > > > You mention that "average joe" found freedom reminds me of Trotaka, > > the first of Shankaras four closest disciples to gain > enlightenment. > > He was a murderer before he sat out to find Realization, and gained > > enlightenment before his wise fellow-disciples. > > > > I've never heard of Trotaka being a murderer. Aren't you mixing him > up with > > Valmiki? > > No > > Can you find a reference for this?
I've seen this statement several times from different sources, including written, so I belive it to be true. But perhaps it is just a story. It does not diminish Trotakas achivements though. I suppose anyone in the darkness of their soul wanted someone dead and gone. To kill someone deliberately or accidently can amount to the same condemnation from sosciety and does not diminish your posibilities towards enlightenment.
