--- In [email protected], "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > From Becoming Enlightened by HH the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso > > (2009). > >(snip) > Dali has never claimed to be enlightened, and I don't believe he is. > I was in his presence, a few years ago, when he visited Madison. > There is no comparison between being in Maharishi's presence and that > of the 14th Dali Lama. > I also saw Pope John Paul II, when he visited Iowa, way back when. > Same feeling...not enlightened... > These people are more political priests in my mind, but certainly not > enlightened. > I am not putting these folks down...just my observation...having > experienced both... > Sort of like comparing Richard Gere to Bevan Morris. > Enlightenment is rare, really... > There is just no comparison in my mind and in my spirit. > R.G. >
The Dali Lama says he's only had one transcendental experience in his entire life... ... which is an interestingly ambiguous statement, to say the least... L
