--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 1/2/06 10:43 AM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> on 1/2/06 9:28 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Different cultures define "caring" in different ways. The TMO's > >>> founder is Hindu, and charity work isn't always the top of the list > >>> for Hindus, I guess due to the reincarnation/karma thing. > >> > >> Amma's a Hindu, and it's at the top of her list. Karunamayi is a > > Hindu. She > >> too sets up hospitals, schools, etc. Gandhi was a Hindu. The list > > goes on. > > > > But before Amma the best known humanitarian in India was Mother > > Theresa, a christian. There are exceptions, but I think the > > reincarnation - karma - caste - you deserve your suffering type of > > thinking is rather deeply ingrained there. > > Could be, but as Amma puts it, it may be your karma to suffer but it's my > karma to help you. If karma is understood properly, one acts > compassionately, if for no other reason than you realize that otherwise, > it'll be you in the gutter next time around. >
So, the people who practice TM who are neither following MMY's advice about practicing their own religion, or who aren't spontaneously showing such compasionate activities, may not be as far along as they themselves would like to think... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
