--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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. > ********
Gee, Patrick, I 'm crushed to see how quickly you've forgotten "process and product are one". L B S ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he hits you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hemMeA/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/
