--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: <snip> > > And there is no Crazy Wisdom tradition - that was just made > up by some drunk, boozing womanizers.
"Crazy wisdom, also known as holy madness, is a manifestation of certain spiritual adepts where they behave in unconventional, outrageous, or unexpected fashion. It is considered to be a manifestation of spiritual accomplishment evident in such Dharmic Traditions as Sanatana Dharma, Tantra, Vajrayana, Zen amongst other traditions such as Sufi, Bonpo, Taoism and Russian Orthodoxy for example and is often evident in human cultural spiritual universals such as shamanism. Crazy wisdom is also a modality of communication, in which the adept employs esoteric and seemingly unspiritual methods to awaken an aspirant's consciousness.... "The Holy Adi Shankracharya also described that an enlightened man may act like a Jadvat (like a inert thing), a Balvat (like a child), an Unmat (like a manic) or a Pissachvat (ghost)." (The sentence above was added near the bottom of the page, between the Notes and the References, and has no citation. Somebody may have snuck it in unapproved, and it may be bogus.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_wisdom "Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas," by Robert N. Linrothe: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/holy-madness-robert-n-linrothe/1007770261 http://tinyurl.com/7o27x3p "Holy Madness: The Shock Tactics and Radical Teachings of Crazy-Wise Adepts, Holy Fools and Rascal Gurus," by Georg Feuerstein and Roger Walsh: http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Madness-Tactics-Teachings-Crazy-Wise/dp/0140193707/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326149463&sr=1-11 http://tinyurl.com/72b5sql "Crazy Wisdom: What the Ancient Rebbes Offer Our Times," interview with Rabbi Rami Shapiro: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/ecourses/features.php?id=20044 Etc., etc., etc.
