--- jim_flanegin wrote: > > enlightenment does not adhere > to ANY tradition. It is what it is. Period.
I've been given to understand that enlightenment changes quite a bit from one spiritual tradition to another. I'm told, for instance, that Buddhists disagree with Hindus on key points, and when their adherents attain end states they call awakening or enlightenment, the attainees describe their experiences differently from one another but consistent with their traditions. Native Americans have no such states in their traditions, suggesting enlightenment is not something that all traditions recognize. View determines fruit, as Vaj quoted a master as saying. Or as Dana Sawyer says, precept determines percept. I'm not sure if I'm disagreeeing with you here, Jim. I don't know enough about either side of the discussion. I'm simply expressing some cognitive dissonance with the statement that enlightenment does not adhere to any tradition. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he hits you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/HcoraC/rbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
