On Jun 19, 2005, at 1:05 PM, Rick Archer wrote:

> I like the idea that moral development must precede higher spiritual
> attainments. Otherwise those attainments can be misused. I wonder 
> whether
> this is a recommendation or a requirement. We see so many examples of 
> people
> who apparently have attained enlightenment doing screwy stuff 
> (literally).
> Are they really enlightened, having skipped the requisite moral 
> development
> (i.e., moral development is merely a recommendation) or self-deluded,
> misinterpreting a higher state as the ultimate one (i.e., moral 
> development
> is a requirement)? Or is moral development too subjective a value to 
> make
> such a determination?

Well spontaneous virtue is one of the qualities of the primordial state.



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