I don't know what he knows exactly, better or otherwise. He spouts all
sorts of emptiness about some book learning he's been engaged in for
what must be eons but what good it has ever done for him is not evident
from his posts. He appears bitter, jaded, sarcastic, cold and otherwise
pretty miserable. Maybe he needs to go out and get his stagnant blood
flowing, take a big whiff of something pungent or down a bottle of
Gewurtztaminer. Who knows?
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Maybe he wanted to be a scholar, but he found out that in order to be
one, you need to know how to read and write and understand Tibetan.
And, Sanskrit, Japanese, German, and Chinese. Once you've mastered
those skills, you can read from some primary sources. It also helps
if you take a History or World Civilization course at a community
college. That would be a good start. It takes about six to eight
years to earn a Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the Center for Asian
studies at UT. Go figure.
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On 7/15/2014 10:57 AM, Bhairitu [email protected] [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
What about experience?
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When you realize you're not suited for scholarly study or you don't have
the time, just get a teacher and start the tantric yoga practice. Tantra
is based on what you do - you don't even have to understand what it is
you're doing. All you have to do is do what your guru tells you to do.
It's not complicated.
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Why not experience the teaching rather than pontificate about what
you've read about it? But yes the favorite pastime of many FFL'ers is
"intellectual masturbation." :-D
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That's probably because it's text-based composed of words. Go figure.
But then FFL is beginning to sound less like a "Funny Farm Lounge" and
more like a rest home for crotchety elderly baby boomers. Go figger.
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There's probably no body here under fifty, except for a few juveniles
posting under aliases.
