--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declared > >> that he has taken a (sexual) consort. He has also claimed a > >> certain degree of realization. > >> > > > > Quelle horreur! > > Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact he is > a monk and has not disrobed. > > However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the creation > stage of meditation to the point where he no longer has impure > vision, it's not a problem. It will be interesting to see what > happens there. >
I don't doubt that it is considered controversial. I just find it amusing that so much spiritual thought is tied up in aversion, whether aversion to the qualities of our finite humanity or aversion to unorthodoxy. Alex ------------------------ 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/
