I was talking to a friend I met while on retreat a couple of years ago and he told me the story of a very famous Tibetan Guru, Chatral Rinpoche, who since the diaspora has set up meditation retreat centers in India and Nepal. These people ventured the whole way to the Kathmandu valley to seek teachings from him.
When they finally arrived at his cave, the eager student asked Chatral if they could receive teachings. He responded: "If you eat my shit!". They were aghast and left quickly. My friend laughed as he conveyed these naive students response and added: 'they gave the wrong answer, the right answer should have been "how much shit?" and "which teachings?". I highly recommend students read "The Divine Madman" in Dowman's translation. It is the spiritual biography of Drukpa Kunlegs. http://www.keithdowman.net/books/dm.htm Also Chatral's _Prayer To Avert Nuclear War_ http://www.rinpoche.com/nukepryr.html On Jun 12, 2005, at 6:01 PM, akasha_108 wrote: > Thats prior post a quote from some article, not my prose. > > Perhaps the next person to claim enlightenmet ("popping like popcorn > in FF") we should humbly and graceously ask them to "Eat shit". 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/
