--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And yet, MMY never claimed "specialness" in that sense either. > Quite the contrary.
I agree. During the 14 years I was around him, he never once even claimed enlightenment. What I am discussing below is a student-generated phen- omenon. It's the disciples of a teacher who always try to put them up on some unrealistic pedestal. Unc > --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > There has rarely *been* a spiritual teacher who went > > > more out of his way to point out that he was just an > > > Ordinary Joe, a human like everyone else, than the > > > original Buddha. And yet, within a couple of gener- > > > ations of his lifetime people were trying to make > > > him into some kind of avatar, somebody "special," > > > who could do what he did only *because* he was > > > "special." > > > > > > While this is as understandable a phenomenon as the > > > later grafting on of the virgin birth to the Christ > > > story, in my opinion it is just as mistaken and > > > detrimental as that lie was. The majesyt of an > > > enlightened being is not that he or she is different > > > from you and me, but that he or she is the SAME as > > > you and me. If they can do it, so can we. > > > > > > Unc > > > > And I'm with you on this too. 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/
