--- In [email protected], "Irmeli Mattsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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 > > **** > If you are `certain' that a practice produces beneficial effects to > everyone in every circumstance even when people are forced to do it, > this certainty still doesn't guarantee that the practise actually is > beneficial. And what you understand to be beneficial may not be that > according to somebody else's standards. > If a practise is truly beneficial to most people, it will spread by > itself as fast as people are capable of appreciating and adopting it. > > E.g. meditation may have some beneficial influence on many people in > some aspects. But it also takes time to do it and because of it you > may have to drop some other activity. > If it means that you spend clearly less time with your children or > drop physical exercise, the overall effect may not be beneficial. >
Not likely. 20 minutes TM is beneficial beyond the effects of 20 minutes exercise. 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/
