sounds like 'the pledge of allegiance' to me. Think how powerful the repitition of that 'mantra' is in fostering unthinking nationalism.
So to have a more beneficial mantra mandated instead? I'm all for it. However I am sure the practical obstacles to instituting such a thing would render it impossible in the West. --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a question that came up first on another forum > of which I am a member. The responses were interesting, > and members have since posted it on a number of other > forums -- Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, > atheist, Native American -- in which the responses were > equally interesting and even more varied. > > So I'm posting it here to see what the responses might > be on this primarily TM-centered forum. I think we all > know what Maharishi's answer would be to the question; > he has made it clear many times in the past. I'm just > curious to know what individual people here think. The > original question, posed by a Tibetan Buddhist monk, was: > > "If you knew of a spiritual practice that you were > *certain* produced beneficial effects to all who > practice it, and produced equally beneficial effects > for the world as a whole, and you had the ability to > legislate the practice and force everyone to do it, > would it be ethical to do so; that is, would such an > approach be in accord with the dharma?" > > Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
